Courts
NPR sues Trump, claims cutting its taxpayer funding amounts to ‘free speech’ violation(Daily Caller News Foundation) – National Public Radio (NPR) announced Tuesday that it is suing President Donald Trump over a recent executive order that cuts its federal funding through the… Read More
Free Speech
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
Courts
Maine state rep appeals censure ruling after her public defense of fairness in girls’ sportsMaine state Rep. Laurel Libby filed an emergency appeal with the First Circuit Court of Appeals this week in response to another ruling upholding her censure in the Maine House… Read More
Government
Colorado ‘misgendering’ bill could be barreling toward free speech fight(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A Colorado bill aiming to classify certain forms of public speech as discriminatory toward transgender-identifying people could hit a constitutional roadblock, legal experts told the… Read More
Culture
Free speech thrives online: Welcome to ‘era of Rumble’(The Daily Signal) – Rumble is experiencing record revenues, revealing more content creators, and consumers are turning to the platform that upholds free speech in America and around the world. Rumble,… Read More
Culture
Conservative student leader and her org targeted in free-speech case at North Carolina collegeA conservative student and the Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) chapter she leads at North Carolina’s Davidson College are under investigation by the school over a… Read More
World
Trump admin confronts British PM over free speech, talks Ukraine-Russia peace deal(The Daily Signal) – Vice President JD Vance said the Trump administration and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer are discussing how free speech violations there affect American citizens, as well… Read More
Kansas
Fiery free speech crusader can sue Kansas county for arresting, removing him from meetings, judge rulesA federal judge is allowing a conservative activist and free speech crusader to continue suing a Kansas county for removing him from several commission meetings in recent years. Read More
Government
Vice President JD Vance calls out UK’s pro-abortion prayer restrictions in homesIn another salvo against European authoritarian censorship, U.S. Vice President JD Vance called out new U.K. speech restrictions on pro-life prayers. Vance’s remarks were made at the Munich Security Conference,… Read More
Public Education
Kansas school board poster removal policy brings anxious protestors to meeting(The Sentinel) – The Paola, Kansas, school board policy of removing non-instructional posters inside school property drew protests from supporters of the LGBTQ community at a recent … Read More
Courts
Saint Louis Public Schools accused of suppressing free speech, dissent in new lawsuit(The Heartlander) — Saint Louis Public Schools faces a lawsuit for allegedly stifling criticism from parents and community members. The lawsuit was filed by Chester Asher, a longtime educator and… Read More
Politics
Kansas nurse Elaine Gebhardt celebrates free speech victory as nursing board investigation ends(The Sentinel) – The Kansas Board of Nursing (KSBN) has declined to take action against Elaine Gebhardt, RN, ending a two-month investigation into her social media posts some had deemed… Read More
Public Education
Conservative college faculty hide political views more often, report finds(The Center Square) – Faculty from two Pennsylvania universities participated in a survey on the state of free speech and self-censorship. The results reveal growing concerns about academic freedom. Read More
Government
DOJ revamps censorship of surgeon who blew whistle on child sex changes(The Daily Signal) – The Justice Department filed a reply Tuesday supporting its motion for a gag order against Dr. Eithan Haim, a surgeon indicted by the … Read More
America, Education
Attacks on free speech, conservatives, even a presidential candidate, show our education system is failing to teach Americans about AmericaIs it just possible the supposed “Land of the Free” has a significant problem with – freedom? Let’s take a quick look. The outgoing presidential administration: censored conservatives online;… Read More
Eric Schmitt
Schmitt filing bills to combat disease, censorship, in moves that just might raise Congress’ popularityBack during the government shutdown of 2013 voters had a higher opinion of maladies such as toenail fungus and hemorrhoids than of Congress, with just 8% approving of the… Read More
Government
Trump taps Brendan Carr for communications chair, calls him ‘warrior for free speech’(Daily Caller News Foundation) – President-elect Donald Trump named Federal Communications Commission (FCC) member Brendan Carr as the incoming head of the agency Sunday. “I am pleased to announce that… Read More
Courts
‘Stand your ground with love’: French teacher fired for rejecting personal pronouns wins lawsuit almost 6 years later(The Daily Signal) – French teacher Peter Vlaming was fired in 2018 for shunning the use of pronouns to refer to a transgender-identifying student. On Sept. Read More
Courts
Lawsuit: California AG violating free speech right to discuss abortion pill reversalCalifornia is trying to stop pregnancy resource centers from discussing abortion pill reversal, a new lawsuit alleges. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed the… Read More
Opinion
Free speech under siege in Colorado as well as in Brazil(The Daily Signal) – The legendary rocker Joe Walsh once sang, “The Rocky Mountain way is better than the way we had.” But in Colorado, unfortunately, the Rocky Mountain way… Read More