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The First Amendment protects protesters, but Florida laws put limits for situations when tensions escalate. Here's how.
Lemon, held in custody overnight, spoke to supporters in Los Angeles following his release and first court appearance.
Jane Fonda announced she had launched a 21st-century incarnation of the Committee for the First Amendment, originally formed in 1947.
Judge warns Trump administration from changing plaintiffs immigration status in First Amendment case
A federal judge ruled that the academics, who are party to a lawsuit alleging U.S. policy singles out noncitizens for detention or deportation over their pro-Palestinian activism on college campuses,
The director of public advocacy at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) offers a Q&A on what you can and cannot do.
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Trump Border Czar Suggests First Amendment Isn’t All That Important
Border Czar Tom Homan seems to think that free speech is the reason federal agents shot and killed two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis. “I begged for the last two months on TV … for the rhetoric to stop.
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Don Lemon, WaPo, Ozturk: Trump’s War on the First Amendment Now Alarmingly Clear
Federal raids, deportation threats, and legal pressure reveal a strategy that weakens the First Amendment without repealing it. Alarm bells should be ringing. The post Don Lemon, WaPo, Ozturk: Trump’s War on the First Amendment Now Alarmingly Clear first appeared on Mediaite.
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Perspective: When First Amendment rights collide with immigration enforcement
How societies tolerate dissent directed at the state is key to "distinguishing a free nation from a police state."
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First Amendment group sues Illinois over party-controlled nonprofit names
A First Amendment advocacy organization is suing the state of Illinois over a 40‑year‑old statute that restricts which nonprofits may use the words “Democrat” or “Republican” in their official names.