First Amendment
Judge partially blocks Tennessee law that bans taking minors out of state for abortions
Tue Jul 29, 2025 - 7:40 pm EDTTue Jul 29, 2025 - 9:28 pm EDT (LifeSiteNews) — A federal judge blocked part of Tennessee’s “Underage Abortion Trafficking Act,” which bars the recruiting, harboring, or transporting of a…
The ACLU says a New York official violated the NRA’s First Amendment rights. They still can’t sue.
The national debate over qualified immunity—the legal doctrine that can make it difficult to sue government officials for constitutional violations—has largely focused on police misconduct. But it also broadly applies to…
How the FCC’s Paramount/Skydance decision threatens press freedom
A few weeks ago, Paramount, which owns CBS, announced that it would pay $16 million to settle a laughable lawsuit in which President Donald Trump claimed the network had committed consumer fraud by editing a pre-election…
Christian mother allowed to adopt children in Oregon after refusing to ‘affirm’ LGBT identities
Fri Jul 25, 2025 - 1:10 pm EDT (LifeSiteNews) — In a “huge win” for religious freedom, a Christian mother of five can begin adopting children in the state of Oregon. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday in favor…
Elon Musk’s X scores federal court win for free speech and open disclosure
X Corp., formerly Twitter, has finally scored a win in its decade-long free speech fight against the federal government. In 2023, a magistrate judge issued a year-long nondisclosure order prohibiting X from "disclosing…
New bill would fine social media companies $5 million every day for not fighting ‘terrorism’
The idea that the federal government even talked to social media platforms about their moderation was a major scandal. After the Twitter Files leak revealed that the Biden administration was privately leaning on one platform…
Government lessens influence over NPR only to claim greater influence over TikTok
For decades, Republicans threatened to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) only to stay those cuts in exchange for more conservative-friendly programming. It was a surprisingly libertarian twist this month,…
Stephen Colbert’s firing protested by congressional Democrats
Not even Stephen Colbert can survive the changes that are underway at large media organizations. CBS announced earlier this week that the network is canceling The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, a program that has existed in…
Trump administration opens new investigation into Harvard, escalating pressure
Secretary of State Marco Rubio launched an investigation into Harvard University's compliance with the government-run visa program for international students and professors on Wednesday—the latest flashpoint in the…
Defending its speech-based deportation policy, the Trump administration says ‘no such policy exists’
During a federal trial in Boston that concluded on Monday, two academic groups, the American Association of University Professors and the Middle East Studies Association, argued that the Trump administration's policy of…
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