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FIRE Plaintiff James Gregory

Two FIRE Attorneys on a Defamation Lawsuit Against an Oklahoma Historian

FIRE attorneys Greg Greubel and Sara Berinhout outline the First Amendment issues in the dispute and highlight the importance of anti-SLAPP legislation in deterrence of frivolous lawsuits.

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Abortion rights advocates gather to launch their campaign in Orlando

Florida Government Finds Fault With Abortion Ballot Measure Over Ads and Petitions

The FCC chair blasted the threats from the state, saying “the right of broadcasters to speak freely is rooted in the First Amendment.”

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Anti-vaccine led demonstrators rally as Supreme Court hears Biden Administration's social media disinformation case

In Missouri, Halloween Night Signs Were Required in the Yards of Sex Offenders. Until Now

A ruled that the provision violated the First Amendment by forcing “compelled speech,” depriving those on the registry “of their freedom to speak in their own words or to not speak at all.”

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The second anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, in Washington

‘The View’ Abortion Ad Signals Wider Effort To Use an FCC Regulation To Spread a Message

Under FCC regulations, broadcast stations “are prohibited from censoring or rejecting political ads that are paid for and sponsored by legally qualified candidates.”

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James Madison
[The] right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon, which has ever been justly deemed the only effectual guardian of every other right.”
-James Madison, Report on the Virginia Resolutions, 1800
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