First Amendment
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Crisis Pregnancy Center Can Sue the Inquisitors
In an unexpected 9-0 ruling, the Supreme Court upheld private donors’ constitutional right of association.
Missouri State Removed Its Bias Response Team After a Lawsuit Challenged It
When universities create systems that censor speech, students and outside organizations cannot simply complain about the problem. They have to challenge it directly.
The Press Is Free; the Media Is for Sale
The Constitution protects the right to publish, not the right to peddle propaganda dressed up as truth.
Justice Jackson Confounded by Biology and Free Speech
The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that Colorado’s law banning “conversion therapy” runs afoul of the First Amendment, with Neil Gorsuch writing a powerful majority opinion.
Supreme Court Protects Kids From School Groomers
In a 6-3 ruling, the justices struck down California polices that promoted schools keeping parents in the dark about their kids’ “transitions.”
Will 1A Come to Don Lemon’s Aid?
The disgraced former CNN anchor and pseudo-journalist was rightly arrested for his role in storming a church, but does he have a case that his behavior is constitutionally protected?
Google Admits Biden Pressured Censorship
Alphabet, the company behind Google, acknowledged what many conservatives have long alleged — that it suppressed and censored speech at the behest of the Biden administration.
EU Speech Regulations Will Affect Americans
The threat posed to America’s First Amendment free speech rights by tyrannical speech restrictions in Europe and the UK is real and requires attention.
Trump, Flag Burning, and 3-D Chess
The president knows full well that flag burning is protected speech under the First Amendment, but there’s a shrewd political angle to his executive order.
IRS Allows Politics in Church
The IRS, in settling a lawsuit, is reasserting free speech protections by agreeing to an interpretation of the Johnson Amendment that permits churches to endorse political candidates.
Trump vs. NPR
National Public Radio is suing the Trump administration to keep raking in Americans’ tax dollars and to promote the false image that it is a non-biased news outlet.
Groomers v. Parents at the Supreme Court
A Maryland school district is fighting for the ability to indoctrinate children into the gender cult without parental opt-out.
SCOTUS Takes Up ‘Conversion Therapy’ Ban
The question is whether banning so-called conversion therapy violates the First Amendment.
Christians Muddling Immigration
Failing to recognize the different roles of the church and state has gotten some Christians on the wrong side of immigration enforcement.
Welcome Pro-Life Pardons
Joe Biden’s DOJ targeted pro-lifers for opposing the sacrament of abortion. Donald Trump freed them.
Trump Tackles Censorship
Another executive order deals with how government interfaces with Big Tech.
Trump Day 2: Restore Freedom of Speech
Imagine a political landscape where unbridled free speech could offset mass media bias.
Trampling Religious Liberty for the Death Cult
Kamala Harris’s final pre-election abortion push is full of deceit and authoritarian tyranny.
Dems Ramp Up Attack on Free Speech
A fundamental freedom is increasingly targeted by Democrat leaders as they dubiously wring their hands over the threat of “misinformation.”