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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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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Blake Lively attends the 'It Ends With Us' premiere in New York

Judge Awards Blake Lively Legal Fees but No More Damages in Dispute Over ‘It Ends With Us’ Film

The judge cited a California law designed to protect survivors of sexual harassment and discrimination from retaliatory lawsuits meant to intimidate and silence victims.

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The Kennedy Center, to be renamed The Trump-Kennedy Center, in Washington

Judge Tosses Kennedy Center Suit Against Musician Who Canceled Christmas Eve Show

The dismissal was granted under Washington’s Anti-SLAPP laws, which are designed to prevent meritless lawsuits intended to silence opposing points of view on matters of public interest.

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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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