How Kansas Grassroots Civic Engagement led to Fines and Threats

June 24, 2024   •  By IFS Staff   •  , ,

A group of citizens speaking out on local issues that matter to their community. What could be more American than that?

Free Speech Arguments – Can You Be Punished for Sharing Publicly Broadcast Court Hearings (Somberg v. McDonald)

June 20, 2024   •  By IFS Staff   •  ,

Nicholas Somberg v. Karen McDonald, argued before Senior Judge Alice M. Batchelder, Judge Amul R. Thapar, and Judge Andre B. Mathis in the U.S. ...

Free Speech Arguments: Florida’s STOP Woke Act in Higher Education (Pernell v. Lamb)

June 18, 2024   •  By IFS Staff   •  , ,

LeRoy Pernell, et al. v. Brian Lamb, et al. (consolidated with Adriana Novoa, et al. v. Commissioner of the Florida State Board of Education, ...

Free Speech Arguments – Episode 11: NRSC v. FEC

June 12, 2024   •  By IFS Staff   •  , , ,

National Republican Senatorial Committee, et al. v. Federal Election Commission, et al., argued en banc in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth ...

Free Speech Protections Get a Boost as Minnesota Enacts a Strong New Anti-SLAPP Law

May 28, 2024   •  By IFS Staff   •  , ,

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has signed into law a robust new anti-SLAPP statute

Free Speech Arguments – Episode 10: U.S. v. Sittenfeld

May 10, 2024   •  By IFS Staff   •  ,

U.S. v. Sittenfeld, argued before Judges John K. Bush, John B. Nalbandian, Eric E. Murphy in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth ...

Oklahoma Governor’s Task Force on Campaign Finance and Election Threats Recommends Campaign Finance Reforms

May 6, 2024   •  By IFS Staff   •  , , , , ,

Earlier this year, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt’s Task Force on Campaign Finance and Election Threats invited Institute for Free Speech President David Keating and ...

Free Speech Arguments – Episode 9: Diei v. Boyd

May 2, 2024   •  By IFS Staff   •  , , ,

Diei v. Boyd, argued before Judges Joan L. Larsen, Chad A. Readler, and Stephanie Dawkins Davis in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the ...

Free Speech Arguments – Episode 8: Spectrum WT v. Wendler

April 30, 2024   •  By IFS Staff   •  , ,

Spectrum WT v. Wendler, argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on April 29, 2024.

Updates to the Anti-SLAPP Report Card

April 18, 2024   •  By IFS Staff   •  ,

NOTE: This blog post will provide updates on the states that have enacted new or improved existing anti-SLAPP laws since the November 2023 publication ...

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