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VICTORY: Court vindicates professor investigated for parodying university’s ‘land acknowledgment’ on syllabus
Ninth Circuit rules UW violated the First Amendment by punishing a professor for putting a satirical land acknowledgment on his syllabus.
Can the government ban controversial public holiday displays?
If the government invites holiday displays, it can’t ban the ones it dislikes. Open the forum, lose the veto — even for Satanic statues.
DOJ plan to target ‘domestic terrorists’ risks chilling speech
DOJ plans to target “domestic terrorists” blur crime and ideology, revive McCarthy-era tactics, and risk chilling protected political speech.
‘Let them sue’: Iowa lawmakers scoffed at First Amendment in wake of Charlie Kirk shooting, records show
Iowa lawmakers urged ISU to punish speech about Charlie Kirk’s killing, shrugging off lawsuits and betting taxpayer money against the First Amendment.