First Amendment
D.C. man suing after arrest for mocking National Guard troops with Star Wars’ ‘Imperial March’
A Washington, D.C., resident who was handcuffed and detained in September for mocking National Guard soldiers by playing "The Imperial March" from Star Wars on his cellphone is suing the soldiers and police officers…
ICE is mounting a mass surveillance campaign on U.S. citizens
While a federal judge scrutinizes the constitutionality of tactics used by federal immigration authorities during ongoing protests in Chicago, these same agencies are quietly amassing behind-the-scenes surveillance…
Trump campaigned on free speech. That isn’t how he’s governed.
The Constitution's First Amendment protects free speech for good reason. If people can't say what they want, we don't have honest debate. I was relieved when Donald Trump, campaigning for the presidency, said,…
Trump’s Justice Department indicts John Bolton for leaking classified information
President Donald Trump really doesn't like former National Security Adviser John Bolton. At the beginning of his administration, Trump signed an executive order specifically banning Bolton from receiving a security…
The Pentagon’s new press policy is absurd
No one is happy about the Pentagon's new press policy. Earlier this week, media outlets spanning the political spectrum almost universally declined to sign on to a memorandum issued by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth:…
Texas city council approves $500,000 payment to Sylvia Gonzales over arrest
Sylvia Gonzalez, a former Texas city council member who said her political opponents punished her activism by orchestrating her arrest on a bogus criminal charge, has agreed to settle the resulting federal civil rights…
Can the ACLU serve progressives and conservatives?
The Reason Interview with Nick Gillespie goes deep with the artists, activists, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and visionaries who are making the world more libertarian—or at least more interesting—by championing free minds and…
My New Paper on “How Speech-Based Immigration Restrictions Threaten Academic Freedom”
NA I recently posted to SSRN a draft of my new paper on "How Speech-Based Immigration Restrictions Threaten Academic Freedom." It is forthcoming in Lee Bollinger and Geoffrey Stone, eds., Academic Freedom in the Era…
California wants to punish social platforms for aiding and abetting the First Amendment
California is trying to punish social media platforms for aiding and abetting the First Amendment. Senate Bill 771, currently awaiting Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom's signature, would "impose meaningful consequences…
Trump, the Media, and the First Amendment
This Friday at 12:30pm ET I will be hosting an online discussion about whether actions by President Trump and his administration should affect how courts and scholars analyze the First Amendment's application to the…
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