How the First Amendment could doom age-gating

Judge Robert Pitman opined that it likely violated the First Amendment: “The Act is akin to a law that would require every bookstore to verify the age of every customer at the door.” As my colleague ...
Law

What’s the First Amendment Got to Do With It? Trump’s Defamation Burden Against the Wall Street Journal

It may be that the lawsuit is a mere intimidation effort, in which the president is angling for an early settlement like those he obtained recently from ABC and CBS. But if the case does not settle, ...
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What to know about First Amendment issues in Trump's lawsuit against Wall Street Journal

President Donald Trump's lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal, filed in South Florida, raises potential First Amendment concerns regarding freedom of the press, speech and accountability. The Wall ...
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Do green card and visa holders in the U.S. have First Amendment rights? What to know

A heated First Amendment debate is raging across the country over the free speech rights of green card and visa holders legally in the U.S. The debate was sparked most notably by the detention of ...

George K. Rahdert, longstanding Florida First Amendment defender, dies

George K. Rahdert, a prominent and longstanding First Amendment attorney and defender, died in St. Petersburg Dec. 8. He was ...
CNN

Supreme Court hears arguments on First Amendment challenge to age verification for porn sites

• About this case: The Supreme Court heard a challenge from PornHub and other sites to the Texas law that requires age verification — via government-issued ID or face scan — for certain websites, ...
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First Amendment rights for non-citizens? An expert weighs in

ATTORNEY. SO, KAREN, WHAT DID YOU FIND OUT? WELL, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS MADE IT CLEAR THEY DON’T BELIEVE THIS, RIGHT? APPLIES TO EVERYONE HERE IN THE U.S. HERE’S VICE PRESIDENT JD VANCE LAST ...
Newsweek

Supreme Court Won’t Let Big Tech Hide Behind the First Amendment Anymore | Opinion

While we write from opposite ends of the political spectrum—one of us is a progressive democrat, the other a staunch conservative—we both agree that corporations were never intended to have as much ...
Ars Technica

Supreme Court upholds Texas porn law that caused Pornhub to leave the state

The Supreme Court today upheld a Texas law that requires age verification on porn sites, finding that the state’s age-gating law doesn’t violate the First Amendment. The 6–3 decision delivered by ...
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Law professor on First Amendment and social media in the wake of Charlie Kirk assassination

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - There’s a renewed focus on First Amendment rights on social media in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death. As people took to social media to share their opinions on his death, ...
Time

History Explains Why the U.S. Doesn’t Ban Hate Speech

George Lincoln Rockwell, leader of the American Nazi Party, shakes his fist during his speech at Drake University, 1967. George Lincoln Rockwell, leader of the American Nazi Party, shakes his fist ...