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.
The department claims the ad’s allegedly false information creates a ‘sanitary nuisance.’ But government officials can’t twist public health laws to censor protected political speech.
The public has a right to see the Covenant school shooter’s writings, but a Nashville judge is using copyright law to block a newspaper’s FOIA request.
Julian Assange spent seven years in self-exile in London’s Ecuadorian Embassy avoiding arrest, and five more in prison, for publishing classified documents on WikiLeaks.
Over 40 individuals, civil liberties groups, and media organizations submit 13 amicus briefs in support of freedom of the press and constitutional accountability.
The event is hosted by FIRE’s Student Press Freedom Initiative, which defends free press on campus by advocating for the rights of student journalists at colleges and universities.