Introducing The SLAPP Back Initiative
First Amendment Watch is building the first national database of alleged SLAPPs — strategic lawsuits against public participation — potentially meritless or malicious legal actions that can financially cripple and ultimately silence critical voices.
US Attorney General Pam Bondi Announces 2 More Arrests in the St. Paul Church Protest
In a social media post Monday, Bondi named the latest two arrestees as Ian Davis Austin and Jerome Deangelo Richardson.
Don Lemon Says a Dozen Agents Were Sent To Arrest Him Even Though He Offered To Turn Himself In
A grand jury indicted Lemon and others on charges of conspiracy and interfering with the First Amendment rights of worshippers.
Texas A&M University To End Women’s Studies Due to New Policy on Race and Gender Topics
Texas A&M said the decision to end the women’s and gender studies program was based in part on limited student interest in the program.
Undercover Investigation of Meta Heads to Trial in New Mexico in First Stand-Alone Case by State
It could give states a new legal pathway to go after social media companies over how their platforms affect children, by using consumer protection and nuisance laws.
Attorney General Ken Paxton Cannot Shut Down Texas Latino Voting Group, Judge Rules
Voters also recently approved a constitutional amendment adding language to the state’s constitution saying that a person who is not a U.S. citizen cannot vote in Texas.