The First Amendment analysis in the D.C. Circuit decision is driven by a troubling deference to the government’s characterization of TikTok’s alleged threat to national security.
When 15-year-old Samson Cournane wrote a petition calling attention to patient-safety concerns at a local hospital, the hospital threatened to sue his mother for defamation.
The Supreme Court agreed to review Priscilla Villarreal’s case, vacated the Fifth Circuit’s 9-7 decision against her, and sent the case back to the Fifth Circuit.
FIRE filed an amicus brief in support of University of Maryland Students for Justice in Palestine challenging the ban on all student-led expressive events scheduled for Oct. 7.
Sen. Doug Mastriano’s lawsuit is a textbook “SLAPP” case, in which powerful individuals sue their critics into silence through long, costly litigation.
Federal appeals court says public university did not have a legitimate reason to punish a pharmacy student for her social media posts outside of class.
