Free Speech
Free speech win: California high school reverses suspension over pro-ICE flyers(The Heartlander) — A California high school has expunged the suspension of a student who posted pro-ICE flyers, drawing scrutiny over free speech and viewpoint discrimination. Torrey Pines High School… Read More
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Lawmaker, officer warns Elgin officer firing could chill free speech(The Center Square) – An Illinois lawmaker and law enforcement officer is sharply criticizing the city of Elgin’s decision to fire an officer over social media posts, calling the move… Read More
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Foreign leaders caught orchestrating campaign to censor American right-wing media companies(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Foreign political figures aligned with the United Kingdom’s ruling establishment quietly coordinated an international effort to suppress American right-leaning media. Labour Party files — including… Read More
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Poll: Majority believe free speech in U.S. headed in wrong direction(The Center Square) – An overwhelming majority of Americans believe freedom of speech is headed in the wrong direction, according to a new poll. The Foundation for Individual Rights and… Read More
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Supreme Court to decide if states can police counselor-client conversations in battle over ‘conversion therapy’ law(The Heartlander) — Does the government belong in the counseling room? That’s the question a Colorado counselor is asking the U.S. Supreme Court as she challenges a state… Read More
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NYU Law School cancels free speech event on October 7 with Jewish speaker(The Center Square) – New York University School of Law cancelled a Federalist Society event scheduled for Oct. 7 that concerned free speech and featured a conservative Jewish speaker,… Read More
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Maine lawmaker censured for transgender post drops lawsuit(The Center Square) — A Maine Republican lawmaker who was censured for a social media post about transgender athlete is agreeing to drop a lawsuit against the state Legislature after… Read More
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Conservative KC college student tells of attempt to cancel her, urges others to stand up, speak outSpeak up without fear, young conservatives. That’s the hard-earned lesson from Richelle Wagner, a conservative student at Johnson County Community College in the Kansas City area, who says she was… Read More
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Missouri AG launches new effort to stop Big Tech censorship(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey took a unique step this week to combat social media censorship. Bailey issued a rule Tuesday under the Missouri Merchandising Practices… Read More
Faith, Free Speech
Congressional Republicans fight tax code for stifling free speech of churches, charities(The Heartlander) — Congressional Republicans are renewing efforts to restore free speech rights to churches and charities. The Free Speech Fairness Act was first introduced by… Read More
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US bureau monitors freedom of speech case in the UK(The Heartlander) — A bureau of the U.S. State Department announced Sunday it is monitoring the case of a British woman on trial for engaging in civil conversation with women… Read More
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Media apathy makes Schmitt’s hearing on government censorship all the more vitalThe legacy media seem to have ho-hummed their way past a landmark Senate hearing on Biden administration censorship – what Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt calls “one of the biggest… Read More
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Demoted Nashville firefighter receives million-dollar verdict in free-speech case(The Heartlander) — A federal jury has awarded a former Nashville firefighter nearly $1.8 million over his demotion for making comments on social media the city deemed inappropriate. Larry Turner,… Read More
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Meta’s Zuckerberg reverses course on Facebook censorship as Republicans take over government(The Heartlander) — Meta CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg told popular podcaster Joe Rogan that the social media company changed its censorship policies to support the company’s… Read More
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Penn State silent amid pre-election free speech violation complaints(The Center Square) – Pennsylvania State University faces scrutiny from constitutional rights groups after recent complaints that students can’t engage in election-related expressive activities in violation of the First Amendment. Read More
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Ad group shutters ‘responsible media’ effort after Elon Musk X antitrust suit(The Center Square) – A global advertising trade group at the center of a controversy involving the censorship of conservative speech online is “discontinuing” its advertising initiative just days after… Read More
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Poll: Majority says First Amendment ‘goes too far’(The Center Square) – Free speech suppression on college campuses and social media censorship often spur debates over how far the First Amendment should go to protect Americans’ rights to… Read More
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Shapiro to House Committee: Censorship cartel, leftist politicians are targeting conservative media(The Heartlander) — Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro testified Wednesday morning before the House Judiciary Committee, offering a scathing opening statement laying bare the extent to which liberal politicians have successfully… Read More
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Constitutional attorney sees no change from Supreme Court censorship ruling in Murthy v. Missouri(The Center Square) – The First Amendment’s principles remain the same after Wednesday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a case alleging President Joe Biden’s administration coerced social media companies to… Read More
Free Speech
KC-area school district ordered to pay quarter-million in legal fees in 1st Amendment case(The Sentinel) — Federal District Court Judge Holly Teeter on April 4 ordered the Olathe school board to pay Jennifer Gilmore’s attorney, Linus Baker, $259,233 in attorney’s… Read More