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Abandoned love: The left’s move away from the right’s First Amendment — First Amendment News 386
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Justice Neil Gorsuch’s majority opinion in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis (2023) will live on in infamy in many liberal minds.

Stephen Rohde, Devil's Advocate: Why is a prominent ethics professor defending John Eastman on First Amendment grounds? — First Amendment News 385.1
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Even before his ethics trial began this month in California, John Eastman, the lawyer who advised Donald Trump on how to block the election of Joe Biden, suffered a setback in his argument that the First Amendment shields him from disbarment.

Stephen Rohde, A Bitter Pill: Does the First Amendment Protect John Eastman’s Defense of the “Big Lie”? — First Amendment News 385
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Special issue: Conservative activists push to restrict drag performances — First Amendment News 384
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Across the country, drag events and Pride celebrations have faced an uptick in protests and threats, as conservative activists have sought to limit the events in public or in the presence of children.

Illinois bans book bans — First Amendment News 383
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“While certain hypocritical governors are banning books written by L.G.B.T.Q. authors, but then claiming censorship when the media fact-checks them, we are showing the nation what it really looks like to stand up for liberty.” — Gov. J.B. Pritzker

Steven H. Shiffrin (1941-2023): A maverick who loved and lived the life of dissent — First Amendment News 382
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New Knight First Amendment Institute report and documentary: ‘Covering Democracy: Protests, police, and the press’ — First Amendment News 381
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The new documentary “features the stories of several journalists who were assaulted or arrested while reporting at protests and explores the conflict and tension experienced on the frontlines, the changing role of the press, and the hardening of attitudes among the police toward journalists.”

‘The First Amendment and the Right to Record Police’ documentary wins international television award — First Amendment News 380
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First Amendment Watch and the Free Speech Center at Middle Tennessee State University have partnered to create an in-depth video guide focused on the rights of those who wish to photograph or record video in public places.

Post-settlement First Amendment Salon: Lawyers for Dominion and Fox exchange views — First Amendment News 379
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On April 18, Fox News agreed to pay Dominion Voting Systems $787.5 million to settle a defamation lawsuit stemming from allegations of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

Paul Clement files cert. petition in campaign ballot slogan case — First Amendment News 378
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