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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Former Executive Sues Meta Over Attempts To ‘Silence’ Her Memoir, ‘Careless People’

“Careless People” alleges cruel and otherwise disturbing behavior by CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other executives. It also describes Zuckerberg’s alleged efforts to win favor with Chinese officials. Meta has countered that Wynn-Williams violated her agreement and wrote a book filled with inaccuracies.

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New York City Council Candidate Is Accused of Forgery Over AI-Generated Posts

The First Amendment does not generally protect fraudulent statements, but in a phone interview, the candidate called it a matter of free-speech.

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8 Convicted in Texas Immigration Center Shooting and Protest Are Sentenced to Decades in Prison

The case drew attention beyond Texas as critics warned it could have wide-reaching impact on protests and First Amendment free-speech rights.

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Justice Department Withdraws Subpoenas That Sought Reporters’ Grand Jury Testimony, Sources Say

It wasn’t immediately clear why the government withdrew the subpoenas or what precise news coverage the subpoenas concerned.

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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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