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Supreme Court: Upholding Free Political Speech
January 1, 2018  •  By IFS Staff  •    •  

Questions about free speech and the First Amendment are often decided at the Supreme Court. Over the years, the Court has dealt with such contentious political speech cases as flag burning, campaign spending limits, and banning political films. While there is typically some disagreement on the Court on any individual case, the Court has long held that for any political…

UPDATED: Judge Joan Larsen’s Record Offers Few Clues about Her Views on Free Speech
July 5, 2018   •  By IFS Staff   •  ,

UPDATE: Since our original analysis, we have reviewed Judge Joan Larsen’s rulings and have found no new cases relating to free speech. Larsen joined ...

Judge Amul Thapar Broadly Supportive of the First Amendment
July 3, 2018   •  By IFS Staff   •  , , , ,

Hon. Amul Thapar United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (2017-Present); United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky (2008-2017) ...

An Update on the Records of Judges Thomas Hardiman and Raymond Kethledge
July 3, 2018   •  By IFS Staff   •  , , ,

Multiple news accounts, including this one in Sunday’s Washington Post, report that President Donald Trump’s shortlist includes U.S. Appeals Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett ...

NAACP v. Alabama: When “Transparency” Becomes Censorship
June 28, 2018   •  By Luke Wachob   •  , , , ,

The freedom to associate with others and speak as a group is foundational to democracy. Individuals rarely can change their society, government, or laws ...

Should the U.S. Constitution be amended to reverse Citizens United? No: Government power over campaign spending is a threat to free speech
June 20, 2018   •  By Brad Smith   •  , ,

In 2009, before the Supreme Court, the government claimed it could ban the publication of a book, if that book contained a single sentence ...

Remembering a major victory for free speech, 40 years later
May 18, 2018   •  By Thomas Wheatley   •  , , ,

A landmark Supreme Court decision marked its 40th birthday late last month. It’s worth celebrating. The case, known as First National Bank of Boston ...

First National Bank of Boston v. Bellotti: Protecting the Right to Hear Others
April 26, 2018   •  By Luke Wachob   •  , , ,

Can the government silence speech about an election simply because the speaker is a corporation? Can it deny voters the opportunity to hear a ...

Supreme Court can reinforce free speech with Rod Blagojevich case
April 11, 2018   •  By Thomas Wheatley   •  , , , ,

Five years into his jail sentence for corruption, former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich is down to his last appeal, now at the U.S. Supreme ...

Free Speech is Free Speech, Regardless of Whether it Advances One’s Societal Goals

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March 28, 2018   •  By Joe Albanese   •  ,

Last week, FiveThirtyEight published an article analyzing the First Amendment jurisprudence of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. While the overall thrust of the ...

President Trump And The Issue Of Free Speech 
February 21, 2018   •  By Thomas Wheatley   •  , ,

Donald Trump is hardly the first public official to want to get back at his critics using libel laws. If he sues the publisher ...

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