Connecticut State Agency Defends Fines for Mentioning the Governor. IFS Defends the First Amendment.

December 28, 2021   •  By Alex Baiocco   •  , ,

Imagine if federal law prevented 2020 congressional candidates from speaking to voters about their views on the Trump administration’s agenda or barred those seeking ...

Free Speech for Christmas? Hearing on Brevard County School Board’s Censorship Set for December 21

December 16, 2021   •  By Tiffany Donnelly   •  , , ,

The Institute for Free Speech represents the Brevard County, Florida Chapter of Moms for Liberty in a challenge to the Brevard County School Board’s ...

New Jersey Senate Race Shows Money Doesn’t Buy Elections… Again

December 7, 2021   •  By Tiffany Donnelly   •  , ,

Edward Durr’s astonishing victory over New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney is the latest illustration that money doesn’t buy elections. Campaign spending increases public ...

Supreme Court Should Grant Cert, Reaffirm Press Rights for All in Green v. Pierce County

November 16, 2021   •  By Nathan Maxwell   •  , , ,

Should the government control which reporters are allowed to gather and publish news? Of course not – but the state of Washington does. State ...

Spooky Spending? Halloween Maybe, But Not Virginia Campaigns.

October 28, 2021   •  By Nathan Maxwell   •  , ,

This year’s Virginia gubernatorial race is already reportedly the most expensive in state history. The frontrunners have raised a combined $115 million. Spooky? Meh. ...

Another Day, Another (Employee PAC) Dollar Misrepresented

October 27, 2021   •  By Tiffany Donnelly   •  , , ,

Welcome to another absurd yet completely predictable installment of misusing disclosure data. This time, it’s the media outlet Axios misusing data and misleading the ...

This “Free Speech Week,” Senate Dems Vote for Political Speech Restrictions

October 21, 2021   •  By Nathan Maxwell   •  , , , , ,

Some federal lawmakers have stopped at nothing this year to advance their bundle of political speech restrictions, now as S. 2747, the so-called “Freedom ...

From Russia With (No) Love: The Dangers of Vague Speech Laws

October 7, 2021   •  By Daniel Ortner   •  ,

We should be skeptical of calls to censor even when we disagree strongly with the speech in question and find it abhorrent. Calls to ...

Almost Half the Country Wants Government to Restrict Misinformation – Other Half Has Read Orwell

October 5, 2021   •  By Nathan Maxwell   •  ,

A Pew Research Center survey conducted this summer revealed that 48% of the country believes the government should step in to restrict false information ...

Cancel Culture Is a Threat to Everyone

September 22, 2021   •  By Alec Greven   •  , , ,

Our political debate has become supercharged with polarization and vitriol. Recent cancellations have shown the threat cancel culture poses to free expression and highlight ...

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