Police in Stamford, Connecticut violated the First Amendment when they arrested and jailed Michael Friend for holding a sign that read “Cops Ahead.” The First Amendment does not “permit the government...
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Supreme Court Lets Police Get Away With Jailing Man Who Made Fun Of Them On Facebook
Without any dissent, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to hear an appeal from Anthony Novak, who was jailed for four days and charged with a felony for making a parody Facebook page of his loc...
Free Speech Is The Cornerstone Of America
WASHINGTON – JUNE 5: The U.S. Capitol (Photo by Stefan Zaklin/Getty Images) Getty Images Current issue SPIN magazine SPIN magazine SPIN Magazine and FIRE, a national free speech advocacy group a...
Free Speech Is The Cornerstone Of America.
WASHINGTON – JUNE 5: The U.S. Capitol is shown June 5, 2003 in Washington, DC. Both houses of the … [+] U.S. Congress, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives meet in the Cap...
Town Tells Donut Shop That Mural Painted By Local High Schoolers Is Illegal, Threatens Fines
Leavitt’s Country Bakery owner Sean Young in front of mural that is being threatened with fines. Institute for Justice High school students worked for weeks on an art project for a beloved local...
Babylon Bee Files Real Supreme Court Brief Defending The First Amendment Right To Make Fun Of Cops
Anthony Novak was thrown in jail and charged with a felony for mocking an Ohio police department with a parody Facebook page. Now represented by the Institute for Justice, Novak has filed a cert petit...
First Amendment Protects The Right To Film Cops, Federal Court Reaffirms
Filming police officers at work is a right guaranteed by the First Amendment, the Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals declared in a ruling on July 11. Not only is the decision a win for free speech, i...
In The Supreme Court’s Latest Term, The Conservative Majority Continued To Radically Transform The Role Of Religion In Public Life
While the Supreme Court’s decision to abolish the right to an abortion has garnered a great deal of attention, the same bloc of conservative justices who overturned Roe v. Wade also dramatically redef...
In Another Victory For Religious Conservatives, The Supreme Court Struck Down Maine’s Prohibition Against Funding Religious Schools
In a 6-3 ruling further expanding religious interests, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority struck down a Maine program prohibiting government vouchers to religious schools. The exclusion of reli...
The Disinformation Governance Board Is Dead. Here’s The Right Way To Fight Disinformation.
WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 1: Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during the daily … [+] press briefing at the White House on March 1, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Dr...
Government Officials Should Not Shut Down Public Debate With Bogus Lawsuits
Kelly Gallaher holding the lawsuit a Mount Pleasant village attorney filed against her for criticism … [+] that cause him “emotional distress.” Institute for Justice There’s an old s...