Tag: First Amendment
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash...
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Trump threatens jail for journalists amid escalating crackdown on war reporting
President’s threat to imprison reporters over Iran airman coverage raises renewed constitutional concerns as administration intensifies pressure on press freedom during wartime reporting.
Supreme Court opens door to conversion therapy in free speech ruling
In an 8-1 decision, the Court struck down Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors, prioritizing a therapist’s First Amendment claim over state efforts to restrict a practice rejected by major medical organizations.
Trump’s ‘quiet, piggy’ remark and White House defense intensify concerns about...
Trump’s comments to Bloomberg reporter Catherine Lucey and ABC News correspondent Mary Bruce during recent press exchanges raised questions about the administration’s response to journalists’ inquiries regarding the Epstein files and the 2018 killing of Jamal Khashoggi.
Kansas county’s $3 million settlement over newsroom raids fuels call for...
A $3 million settlement and formal apology from Marion County follow the 2023 police raids that targeted the Marion County Record and its staff, as the newspaper’s editor says the outcome is meant to deter future assaults on press freedom.
New filing alleges ICE leaders target protesters for arrest over speech...
Court documents in the Operation Midway Blitz case describe orders to arrest people for “hyperbolic comments,” claims that all protesters are “violent rioters,” and use of tear gas before any alleged assault, as a judge weighs limits on federal force.
Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones appeal on Sandy Hook defamation judgments
The Court’s decision leaves in place $1.4 billion in damages for the families of Sandy Hook victims as Jones faces bankruptcy, receivership, and the liquidation of Infowars assets.
Judge halts Trump’s Portland troop plan as governors warn of martial...
Federal judge Karin Immergut blocks National Guard deployments to Oregon and beyond as the White House escalates rhetoric and appeals the ruling.
Trump turns Pentagon into Department of War on First Amendment
Is this an authoritarian impulse?
Trump escalates assault on dissent with Antifa terrorist designation
Legal experts warn there is no framework for designating domestic groups as terrorist organizations as the Trump administration ties the move to Charlie Kirk’s killing and anti-ICE protests.
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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.
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Women leaders and Trump 2.0.