Celebrating 250 Years of a Constitutionally Protected Press

The meaning of freedom of the press — and the legacy of the Virginia Declaration of Rights — is still being debated  today, 250 years later.

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Court Orders Ohio Restrictions on Kids’ Use of Social Media Restored

The law requires companies to get parental permission for social media and gaming apps and to provide their privacy guidelines so families know what content would be censored or moderated on their child’s profile

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A Judge Orders Ice To Free a Wisconsin Mosque Leader, Citing a ‘Substantial’ Free Speech Claim

Attorneys for DHS and ICE contended that Sarsour doesn’t have the same First Amendment rights as citizens, but Judge James Patrick Hanlon rejected that argument.

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Federal Trade Commission Sues Leading Transgender Health Group

The suit alleges the group, known widely as WPATH, made deceptive claims about gender-affirming care for minors and its members profited off the claims. Alaska, Iowa, Nebraska, and Texas filed along with the FTC.

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People protest against increased immigration enforcement after the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent, in Minneapolis

Federal Prosecutors Charge 15 People With Impeding Agents During Minnesota Immigration Crackdown

The indictment cites Signal communications between some defendants, who allegedly discussed setting up trailers to block federal vehicles and handing out plastic shields to demonstrators.

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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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