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about Free Speech
Jul 01, 2024
Supreme Court Ruling Underscores Importance of Free Speech Online
The court recognized that government attempts to control the editorial decisions of social media companies violate the First Amendment
Court case: NetChoice, LLC. v. Paxton
Jun 25, 2024
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Texas and ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Urge U.S. Supreme Court to Defend First Amendment Right to Protest
WASHINGTON — The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Texas and the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the state criminal court convictions of three North Texas comm...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Court case: Henderson v. State of Texas
Jun 25, 2024
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Statement on Long-Overdue Resolution of Julian Assange Case
WASHINGTON — Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, was released from prison in the United Kingdom yesterday after pleading guilty to a single felony count of illegally obtain...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
National Security
Jun 24, 2024
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of South Carolina Sound Alarm on Sweeping New Book Ban Law
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina regulation that would enable mass censorship of books in school classrooms and libraries is set for automatic approval tomorrow, June 25th.
Tit...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
LGBTQ Rights
Jun 17, 2024
Federal Court Partially Halts Oklahoma’s Classroom Censorship Law
OKLAHOMA CITY — A federal court granted a partial preliminary injunction that will blunt the impact of Oklahoma’s classroom censorship law, HB 1775, which sought to severely re...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Racial Justice
Court case: Black Emergency Response Team v. O'Connor
Jun 14, 2024
Florida Educators Urge Appeals Court to Block Florida’s Stop W.O.K.E. Act
MIAMI — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit will hear arguments today in Pernell v. Lamb, a lawsuit challenging the Stop W.O.K.E. Act, a classroom censorship law which...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Racial Justice
Court case: Pernell v. Lamb
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News & CommentaryJun 2025
Free Speech
+3 Issues
Live Coverage: Final Scotus Decision Day. Explore News & Commentary.Live Coverage: Final SCOTUS Decision Day
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ has served as counsel or filed amicus briefs in more than half of the cases that the Supreme Court will decide today. -
News & CommentaryJun 2025
Free Speech
Read Detained Activist Mahmoud Khalil’s Letter To His Son. Explore News & Commentary.Read Detained Activist Mahmoud Khalil’s Letter to His Son
The Trump administration has detained Khalil since March for his activism. Ahead of his first Father’s Day, he writes about the grief he has felt being separated from his wife and son. -
VirginiaJun 2025
Free Speech
Immigrants' Rights
Suri V. Trump. Explore Case.Suri v. Trump
Whether someone with a valid visa within the U.S. can be arrested and detained on the basis of their protected political speech and familial associations. -
MassachusettsJun 2025
Free Speech
President And Fellows Of Harvard College V. Us Department Of Health And Human Services. Explore Case.President and Fellows of Harvard College v. US Department of Health and Human Services
The federal government threatened to withhold billions of dollars in research funding from Harvard University after the school refused to adopt the government’s preferred ideological approach to who it admits to study, who it employs to teach, and what classes and other programs it offers. The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Massachusetts, and a diverse group of other legal advocacy organizations filed an amicus brief arguing that this is retaliation, coercion, and ideological bullying in violation of the First Amendment.