How Overbroad Laws Threaten Free Expression

May 1, 2023   •  By Alec Greven   •  ,

On Monday March 27, 2023, the Supreme Court heard the case United v. Hansen. The issue in the case is how broadly the government ...

Does the First Amendment Allow a Government Official to Make Threats Like a Mob Boss?

April 19, 2023   •  By Barnaby Zall   •  ,

What would you do if a powerful government regulator “suggested” you drop one of your customers because she didn’t like the customer’s political speech? ...

Fact Check: Business Interests Did Not Spend $3.5 Billion on Political Contributions in 2022

February 28, 2023   •  By Alec Greven   •  , ,

In January 2023, OpenSecrets, an organization dedicated to tracking money in politics, published the startling claim that in the 2022 election cycle “business interests” ...

Don’t Let Arizona Politicians Sign Away your Rights

February 22, 2023   •  By Alec Greven   •  , , ,

Here’s yet another sign that your First Amendment rights are under attack by politicians – a ban on political signs.

2022 Midterm Election Cases Again Show that Money Cannot Buy Elections

December 13, 2022   •  By Alec Greven   •  ,

While there were many interesting results in this year’s 2022 midterms, the claim that money can simply buy elections was notably dealt another serious ...

PayPal’s Policy Change Demonstrates Users Won’t Tolerate Vague Speech Taxes

December 1, 2022   •  By Alec Greven   •  ,

It has not been a good month at PayPal. On November 3rd the online payment platform would have brought into effect a policy change ...

The Unexplained 25% Threshold in the “Final” FEC Draft Rule

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December 1, 2022   •  By David Keating   •  , ,

It struck us the FEC’s “Draft Final Rule and Explanation and Justification for Internet Communications Disclaimers” on the agenda today doesn’t explain or justify ...

Congress Must Prevent the Tax Code from Being Weaponized as a Speech Code

November 18, 2022   •  By Alex Baiocco   •  ,

Elected officials are turning to tax laws in an effort to punish or restrict speech. At the same time, provisions omitted from the latest ...

The DISCLOSE Act Would Harm Democracy

October 3, 2022   •  By Alec Greven   •  , ,

Once again congressional Democratic leaders tried, and failed, to pass the DISCLOSE Act, a bill that would publicly expose the names and addresses of ...

Institute for Free Speech Welcomes Research Fellow Alec Greven

September 8, 2022   •  By IFS Staff   •  ,

The Institute for Free Speech is excited to announce that Alec Greven is joining the organization as a Research Fellow.

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