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Bryan Kohberger attends a hearing in Moscow, Idaho

Judge Tells Attorneys To Stop Being So Secretive in Bryan Kohberger’s Quadruple Murder Case

“This runs counter to the public’s First Amendment rights to know what is going on in its courts,” the judge wrote.

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Lobster Fishermen Can Sue Environmental Group for Defamation, Judge Says

The defamation lawsuit stems from a report that described Maine lobster as an unwise choice for consumers.

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Supreme Court Won’t Hear a Challenge to College Programs for Reporting Bias Allegations

The students say Indiana University’s bias-response team stifles speech on campus by allowing anonymous reports about things that appear prejudiced or demeaning.

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National Day of Action to call for the stop of Cop City and the support of the forest defenders

Lawsuit Accuses Atlanta Police of Illegally Targeting ‘Stop Cop City’ Protesters

The lawsuit alleges that authorities view any critic of the training center as a would-be criminal and have repeatedly made arrests without cause.

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A Look at ‘Viewpoint Discrimination’ As Tensions Spike Between Trump and Journalists

A federal judge hearing the case this week observed that it seemed an obvious constitutional problem, calling Trump’s actions “pretty clearly viewpoint discrimination.”

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Judge Weighs Whether to Block Florida’s Social Media Ban for Minors

Industry groups representing communications companies argue the law, one of the most restrictive bans on kids’ social media use in the country, unconstitutionally limits free speech.

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul

New York’s Governor Orders College To Remove Palestinian Studies Job Listing

Campus free speech advocates criticized Gov. Hochul’s intervention, saying the move hurts academic freedom and politicizes hiring at public universities.

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Mississippi Judge Vacates Her Order That a Newspaper Remove Its Editorial

The judge’s order had been widely condemned by free speech and press freedom advocates as a clear violation of the paper’s First Amendment rights.

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