The Supreme Court likely greatly underestimated the impact that its May 5 decision in Town of Greece v. Galloway will have on government meetings across the country. In the days…
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Secret Service agents are entitled to immunity in a suit filed by protesters who claimed their First Amendment rights were violated.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has refused a trademark for the phrase “Stop the Islamization of America” because it is disparaging to Muslims.
A New Hampshire attorney was arrested for disorderly conduct Monday after he complained longer than his allotted two minutes at a school board meeting about a novel on his 14-year-old…
Updated: A federal judge who halted a probe of coordinated campaign spending in Wisconsin based on First Amendment concerns acted quickly after a federal appeals court stayed his decision.
A New Hampshire resident formerly known as David Montenegro has won a free-speech victory in his bid to obtain a vanity license plate reading “COPSLIE.”
A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction shutting down an investigation of alleged campaign spending violations by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign and conservative groups during recall elections.
A study of 516 U.S. Supreme Court cases has found that justices in First Amendment case are more likely to support free speech principles when the speaker or speech has…
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that mostly Christian prayers, delivered by a “chaplain of the month” before town meetings, do not violate the establishment clause.
A lawyer for a murder defendant in South Carolina is asking a judge to order the victim’s mother and other family members to stop posting about the teen’s death on…
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