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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8 Convicted in Texas Immigration Center Shooting and Protest Are Sentenced to Decades in Prison

The case drew attention beyond Texas as critics warned it could have wide-reaching impact on protests and First Amendment free-speech rights.

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Justice Department Withdraws Subpoenas That Sought Reporters’ Grand Jury Testimony, Sources Say

It wasn’t immediately clear why the government withdrew the subpoenas or what precise news coverage the subpoenas concerned.

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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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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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