Cheryl Perich and attorney Walter Dellinger talk to reporters outside the Supreme Court after oral arguments were given last October. Americans United photo by Maria Matveeva.
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Corrected: Retired Justice John Paul Stevens said Wednesday that Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.’s “not true” response to President Obama’s comments on the Citizens United decision is among several indications…
Corrected: A federal judge on Monday ordered an Ohio school district to pay $20,000 in damages and court costs to a high school student who was prevented from wearing a…
Citizens United v. FEC was initially a case about a video critical of Hillary Clinton and whether a campaign finance law regulating TV advertising barred its on-demand broadcast before elections.…
Search engines have the same First Amendment rights to determine their results as newspapers do to choose news stories, according to a white paper co-authored by UCLA law professor and…
A Chicago-based federal appeals court has blocked Cook County prosecutors from using an Illinois eavesdropping law against people who make audio recordings of police performing their public duties.
A Tennessee judge made international headlines by ordering a mother to spend a day in jail for violating a parenting contract by having her son baptized without first discussing the…
Almost anyone who uses the Internet and is slightly curious about their own digital existence has, over the past decade, had what might be termed a Google moment. These are…
Coffee party co-founder Eric Byler speaks during a protest outside the Supreme Court in February. His group, along with Common Cause and Free Speech for People, urged the high court to overturn its 2010 ruling that made super PACs possible. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images.
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The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a First Amendment lawsuit over the expulsion of three eighth grade girls who posted Facebook comments about which classmates they would like to…
A jury nullification advocate who distributed leaflets outside the Manhattan federal courthouse has won dismissal of a jury tampering charge aimed at his activities.
A federal judge ruled Friday that Orlando, Fla., police violated a protester’s free speech rights when they arrested him for writing political messages in chalk on the plaza in front…
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