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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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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TIME100 Gala honors its most influential at annual gala in New York

Author Amy Griffin Sues Woman Who Alleged She Stole Her Stories of Sexual Abuse in Memoir ‘The Tell’

Griffin’s lawsuit seeks a declaration that the allegations that she stole the woman’s abuse stories are false, along with financial damages to be determined at trial.

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Tyra Banks Sues Netflix Over ‘America’s Next Top Model’ Documentary, Alleging Defamation

The lawsuit claims Netflix edited down hours of interviews “to support a false and defamatory narrative unrelated to what she actually expressed."

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Lawsuit by the Yosemite Ranger Fired After Hanging a Giant Transgender Flag Is Dismissed

Many parks have designated “First Amendment areas” where groups of 25 or fewer people can protest without permits.

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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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