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 ...

Speaking About Federal Elections Online Just Got Much Harder

June 20, 2018   •  By Eric Peterson   •  ,

In the midst of the 2018 primary season, Twitter recently announced a new policy regarding paid political speech on its platform. Twitter follows in ...

IFS Welcomes Senior Policy Analyst Eric Peterson to External Relations Department

Eric Peterson, Senior Policy Analyst
June 18, 2018   •  By Matt Nese   •  ,

The Institute for Free Speech is excited to welcome Eric Peterson to the External Relations team as a Senior Policy Analyst. Prior to joining ...

Twitter Loses Round One in Lawsuit Challenging User Ban

June 15, 2018   •  By David Keating   •  ,

Yesterday, a California judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit that challenges Twitter’s ban of one of its former users, the controversial Jared Taylor. I ...

Giving Meaning to Narrow Tailoring and Burdens of Proof: IJ Scores a Win for Free Speech in Colorado

June 13, 2018   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

One of the problems with campaign finance laws is that, no matter how well-intentioned, in practice, the laws have less to do with “cleaning ...

Tenth Circuit Ruling Threatens Freedom of Association: Says Government Can Tell Parties How to Choose Their Leaders

June 1, 2018   •  By Owen Yeates   •  ,

Can the government control a private organization’s identity, leaders, and message? In a decision threatening all three of these First Amendment liberties, a divided ...

Debunking Three Myths about the “Honest Ads Act”

May 30, 2018   •  By Luke Wachob   •  , ,

The deceptively-named “Honest Ads Act” is a proposal in Congress that would increase regulations for paid political and issue advertising on the Internet – ...

Dark Money: The Courts Awaken

May 21, 2018   •  By Luke Wachob   •  ,

“This is like the Death Star. In Star Wars, they didn’t go fight the evil empire on every single planet. They went after the ...

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