Ronald K.L. Collins' First Amendment News
All Articles
Illinois bans book bans — First Amendment News 383
Ronald K.L. Collins' First Amendment News
“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
Ronald K.L. Collins' First Amendment News

New Knight First Amendment Institute report and documentary: ‘Covering Democracy: Protests, police, and the press’ — First Amendment News 381
Ronald K.L. Collins' First Amendment News
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
Ronald K.L. Collins' First Amendment News
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
Ronald K.L. Collins' First Amendment News
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
Ronald K.L. Collins' First Amendment News

Major moves: Corn-Revere on FIRE, Mchangama and Future of Free Speech Project open base at Vanderbilt University — First Amendment News 377
Ronald K.L. Collins' First Amendment News

Settlement in Dominion v. Fox News case — facts, questions, and takeaways — First Amendment News 376
Ronald K.L. Collins' First Amendment News
“Money is accountability,” Stephen Shackelford, a Dominion lawyer, said outside the courthouse, “and we got that today from Fox.”

Review essay: Handman and Feder on Barbas’ ‘Actual Malice’ — A new look at NYT v. Sullivan — First Amendment News 375
Ronald K.L. Collins' First Amendment News
“As the history traced in Barbas’ invaluable book reminds us, the protections of Times v. Sullivan are more important than ever.” — Laura Handman and Eric Feder

Artificial thinking in an age of artificial intelligence: Preliminary thoughts on the parameters of First Amendment jurisprudence — First Amendment News 374
Ronald K.L. Collins' First Amendment News
We live in a time when artificial intelligence like AI chatbots are claiming more and more of the cognitive landscape of our daily lives.
