Tag: First Amendment
Courts halt DeSantis’ ‘Stop WOKE Act’: A victory for free speech...
In a striking defense of the First Amendment, a federal appeals court blocks Florida's "Stop WOKE Act", safeguarding diversity and inclusion discussions in workplaces.
House passes PRESS Act advancing press freedoms
If passed, the federal law would prohibit the government from compelling journalists and telecommunication providers to disclose sources and work product.
New anti-protest laws cast a long shadow on First Amendment rights
Tiffany Crutcher was worried.
Oklahoma lawmakers had passed a new measure stiffening penalties for protesters who block roadways and...
New anti-protest laws cast a long shadow on First Amendment rights
A deep divide over protests and who defines what peaceful is?
The First Amendment goes wild
The use of money has no real limitations and the state should not be providing it to churches or their subsidiaries.
‘Landmark’ victory for first amendment as court strikes down Texas anti-BDS...
Bahia Amawi, a speech pathologist who lost her job due to the law, celebrated the ruling as "a huge win not just for me, but for everybody here in Texas."
Democratic senators help Republicans push Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement forward
"It is clear to me that this bill would violate Americans' First Amendment rights."
The case against WikiLeaks is a crisis for the First Amendment
The Trump administration once celebrated WikiLeaks. Now it wants to prosecute Julian Assange simply for publishing things it doesn't like. That's a threat to all journalists.
VICTORY: Trump inauguration protesters acquitted in key felony trial
This could be good news for the other hundreds of marchers facing guilt-by-association felonies.
Red alert: The First Amendment is in danger
If anyone believes that under the First Amendment gagging the media can’t happen here, the answer is that it already has.
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ICE at the gates: Rights groups warn Trump airport deployment risks civil liberties crisis
Civil liberties advocates, unions, and lawmakers raise alarm over use of immigration agents in airport security amid shutdown-driven staffing crisis.
California’s herbicide spill ignites growing movement to ban paraquat nationwide
The spill, which closed a major highway and sent at least ten people to seek medical attention for respiratory symptoms, became a catalyst for a renewed political battle over the chemical's future in California.
Why Donald Trump just can’t stop going to war
When imperial America offers help, it just might get you killed.
The Age of Arrogant Amateurism – as ‘know-it-all’ opportunists seize power to control, not...
To win big in this brave new world, forget tested skill-sets and the wisdom of experience: chutzpah and risk-taking, even gambling, are paramount, then the facile ability to learn on the job how to cling to power.
Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.