First Amendment

First Amendment Protections Spotlighted as UC Berkeley Seeks Dismissal of Antisemitism Lawsuit

Wondering how free speech rights interweave with alleged antisemitism at UC Berkeley? Our detailed a...

Feb 07, 2024 12:19 AM EST

Ban On Non-Lawyer Investment In Law Firms, 2nd Circuit Rules It Doesn’t Violate Right Of Association

A federal appeals court has ruled that ban on outside investment in law firms doesn’t violate lawy...

Mar 29, 2017 12:17 PM EDT

Trump’s Revised Travel Ban, Federal Judge In Hawaii Issues Temporary Restraining Order

A federal judge in Hawaii on Wednesday halted the Trump administration’s revised travel ban on vis...

Mar 20, 2017 09:18 AM EDT

Philadelphia Upheld Anti Wage Discrimination Bill, Bans Employers From Requesting Salary History

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney signed a bill that aims to end wage discrimination by banning employer...

Jan 25, 2017 11:36 AM EST

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Doubtful Over Law Barring Offensive Trademarks

In a First Amendment clash over a law barring offensive trademarks, Justices raised doubts about a g...

Jan 19, 2017 10:29 AM EST

House passes bill slapping IRS over tea party controversy

A bill slapping the IRS over the tea party controversy has been passed in the House. It prohibits t...

Apr 20, 2016 11:30 AM EDT

US Justice Department faces lawsuit filed by Microsoft Corp over data requests

Tech Giant, Microsoft Corp. has started a legal battle against the US Justice Department regarding t...

Apr 15, 2016 12:10 PM EDT

Kansas approves new law allowing student groups in colleges and universities to limit membership

Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a law allowing faith-based campus groups to restrict their membership ...

Mar 24, 2016 08:56 PM EDT

Recording police activities not protected under the First Amendment? Civil rights group to challenge unusual court ruling

A district court judge in Pennsylvania ruled that silently recording police activities in public is ...

Feb 28, 2016 07:14 PM EST

‘Empire’ creator Lee Daniels slams Sean Penn in defamation lawsuit: "Spicoli understands the US Constitution better than Penn"

How far does a "provocative rhetoric" go before it becomes an absolute defamatory act? In his motion...

Feb 03, 2016 07:38 PM EST

Pharmacists File Petition to the US Supreme Court to Protect Their First Amendment Rights

As the United States enacts more and more progressive laws, some secular communities protest as they...

Jan 18, 2016 10:26 AM EST

Tomah Man indicted guilty with two counts of threatening to kill Obama in Facebook

A federal jury convicted a Tomah man with two counts of threats against U.S. President Barack Obama....

Jan 13, 2016 05:25 AM EST

US Supreme Court to hear arguments in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association case

Ten California teachers have sued a labor union, saying that they are being forced to pay dues even ...

Jan 09, 2016 06:52 AM EST

Scholars call to reconsider First Amendment's Freedom of Speech following ISIS online campaign

Legal scholars Cass Sunstein and Eric Posner called to reconsider the First Amendment’s Freedom of...

Dec 31, 2015 01:06 AM EST

Hip-Hop Stars To File Amicus Brief In First Amendment to support kicked out student rapper

Rap super stars line up to file an amicus brief to the Supreme Court as support to a high school stu...

Dec 23, 2015 09:11 AM EST

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