Supreme Court to Hear Arguments Over Law That Could Ban TikTok in the US
The justices will hear arguments on January 10 about whether the law impermissibly restricts speech in violation of the First Amendment.
Indiana Law Shrouds Executions in Secrecy, Prompting New Pushes for Public Oversight
Some First Amendment advocates and death penalty experts call Indiana’s lack of transparency during the gravest of government punishments alarming.
Family of ‘Cop City’ Activist Who Was Killed by Troopers Files Lawsuit
The lawsuit says GBI Special Agent Ryan Long planned a “raid” that targeted protesters for expressing their political beliefs, violating their First Amendment rights.
Trump Sues Des Moines Register, Pollster for ‘Election Interference’ After Pre-Election Poll
The Register’s parent Gannett Co. on Tuesday dismissed the lawsuit as meritless and said it would vigorously defend its First Amendment rights.
TikTok Asks the Supreme Court for an Emergency Order to Block a US Ban Unless It’s Sold
Lawyers for the company and China-based ByteDance urged the justices to step in before the law’s Jan. 19 deadline.
ABC Agrees To Give $15 Million to Trump’s Presidential Library to Settle Defamation Suit
As part of the settlement, ABC News posted an editor’s note to its website expressing regret over Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos’ statements.
An Evening with Stephen Solomon, Author of Revolutionary Dissent, at The Ferguson Library
NYU Professor and First Amendment Watch editor Stephen Solomon told the story of the protests and controversies that led to the First Amendment.
DOJ Ignored Some Policies When Seizing Reporters’ Phone Records, Watchdog Finds
The new watchdog report was released as the aggressive practice of hunting for journalists’ sources could again be resurrected.