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Alabama student government walks back warning against disruptions during Trump visit to LSU game

This article originally ran in The Washington Post. The author is Jacob Bogage, a national sports writer and blogger. The University of Alabama’s student government found itself at the center of a Trump-fueled controversy Wednesday — mainly of its own making — with the president set to attend Saturday’s college football clash between No. 3 LSU and the second-ranked Crimson...

Trump’s Threatened Suit Against CNN Is, Well, A No-Brainer

Unhappy with the alleged bias of CNN, President Trump is again threatening to sue the cable news giant.  But his otherwise accomplished lawyer, Charles Harder, is not pursuing the legal claim that aggrieved parties typically pursue when they feel dissed by the news media – which would be a suit for libel (aka defamation; see a description of libel laws here). ...

See Our Free Speech Billboards In Times Square

Free Speech is Under Attack Campaign aims to educate Americans about the importance of protecting the First Amendment Washington, D.C. (October 31, 2019) — Yesterday, the Campaign for Free Speech erected billboards in the heart of New York City, Times Square, calling attention to the attack on free speech in America. The advertisements—launched by the non-partisan Campaign for Free Speech—highlight recent polling that reveals,...

5 First Amendment Cases That You Need To Know About

It may come as a surprise to many Americans, but the United States Supreme Court has been reinterpreting the First Amendment and its protections through monumental case decisions for more than 100 years. In fact, it was the 20th century that most dramatically changed the way in which Americans are protected by the First Amendment. Generations after its adoption in...