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.
Federal Judge Blocks Florida Governor’s Foreign Terrorist Label of Muslim Groups
The judge wrote in his preliminary injunction that the First Amendment bars the governor from continuing the troubling trend of using an executive office to make a political statement at the expense of others’ constitutional rights.
Colorado Governor Signals Willingness To Release Tina Peters From Prison Amid Trump Pressure
Peters has not expressed remorse for her actions, instead defending them as necessary to investigate possible fraud.
After Abandoning Law Firm Executive Orders, Trump Administration Reverses Course and Pursues Fight
Judges who received challenges to the executive orders from targeted firms uniformly ruled against the government, prompting an appeal from the Justice Department.
Attorney William Brewer on New York’s Even Year Election Law and the First Amendment
Brewer discussed the First Amendment arguments in the challenge to the EYEL and explained why he disagrees with the state.
Appeals Court Clears Way for Texas Drag Ban To Take Effect in March
Critics of the ban have previously raised concerns that Republican lawmakers were portraying all drag performances as inherently sexual or obscene.