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May 02, 2022
Íøºì±¬ÁÏ Comment on Supreme Court Decision Upholding Group’s First Amendment Right to Fly a Religious Flag
NEW YORK — In a 9-0 unanimous decision, today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the city of Boston violated the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment when it refused to grant...
Issue Areas: Free Speech
Apr 25, 2022
Íøºì±¬ÁÏ Comment on Elon Musk and Twitter Deal
NEW YORK — Today, Twitter announced it has struck a deal with Elon Musk for the billionaire to buy Twitter for roughly $44 billion and take the social media platform private. A...
Issue Areas: Free Speech
Mar 30, 2022
Íøºì±¬ÁÏ of South Carolina, Íøºì±¬ÁÏ, and NAACP Represent SC NAACP in Lawsuit Challenging South Carolina Court System Ban on Automated Collection of Public Court Records
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Íøºì±¬ÁÏ, Íøºì±¬ÁÏ of South Carolina, and the NAACP filed a lawsuit today on behalf of the South Carolina NAACP. The case challenges South...
Issue Areas: Free Speech
Court case: NAACP v. Kohn
Mar 22, 2022
Íøºì±¬ÁÏ Comment on Allegations of Federal Law Enforcement Secretly Accessing Project Veritas’ Emails
NEW YORK — The following is a statement from Brian Hauss, senior staff attorney with the Íøºì±¬ÁÏ’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, in response to allegations from Project...
Issue Areas: Free Speech
Feb 11, 2022
Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Criminal Law Impacting Free Speech of Allies of Undocumented Individuals
NEW YORK — The Ninth Circuit Appeals Court yesterday struck down criminal law 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv), which makes it a felony to encourage or persuade an undocumented pers...
Issue Areas: Free Speech Immigrants' Rights
Jan 27, 2022
Íøºì±¬ÁÏ Comment on Curriculum Transparency Bills
A number of state lawmakers—many of whom have also fought to censor discussions of race and gender in public schools—have begun introducing vague “curriculum transparency law...
Issue Areas: Racial Justice Free Speech
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