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Colorado Justices Consider a Cake’s Meaning in a Transgender Discrimination Case

The Colorado Supreme Court took Tuesday’s oral arguments in the transgender celebration cake case under advisement without ruling right away.

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The badge of a Los Angeles Police Department sergeant is seen with a black band across it to mourn the deaths of the Dallas police officers, at a news conference in Los Angeles

Los Angeles Will Pay $300,000 To Settle a Lawsuit Against Journalist Over Undercover Police Photos

The city attorney’s lawsuit against the journalist drew condemnation from media rights experts and a coalition of newsrooms as an attack on free speech and press freedoms.

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International Transgender Day of Visibility rally and protest in Tucson

Biden’s Title IX Law Expanding Protections for LGBTQ+ Students Is Dealt Another Setback

U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves said the new rule also has “serious First Amendment implications" and temporarily blocked it in six additional states.

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Vivek Murthy and Rachel Levine nomination hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee

Tobacco-Like Warning Label for Social Media Sought by US Surgeon General Who Asks Congress To Act

An opponent said that “putting a warning label on online speech isn’t just scientifically unsound, it’s at odds with the constitutional right to free speech."

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Baker Phillips speaks with the media following oral arguments in the Masterpiece Cakeshop vs. Colorado Civil Rights Commission case at the Supreme Court in Washington

Colorado Supreme Court To Hear Arguments in Transgender Cake Case

The baker, Jack Phillips, has maintained that the cakes he creates are a form of speech protected under the First Amendment.

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A coalition of pro-Palestinian University of Michigan students and supporters protest in the street

Michigan, CUNY Didn’t Suitably Assess if War Protests Made Environment Hostile, US Says

These are the first investigations to reach a conclusion among dozens launched by the Education Department since Oct. 7, the day Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel.

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People visit a memorial after deadly shooting at the Covenant School in Nashville

Nashville Court Grapples With Details on School Shooter That Were Leaked to Media

The editor-in-chief's attorney argued the court proceeding would infringe on First Amendment protections after his outlet, The Tennessee Star, reported on records leaked to them about the shooter at The Covenant School.

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Rally in support of Palestinians, in New York City

NY Governor’s Subway Mask Ban Proposal Sparks Debate Over Right to Anonymous Protest

The restrictions raise constitutional questions since they appear aimed at stopping a specific group from an activity that is widely practiced by members of the public.

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