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Wisconsin school district mulls unconstitutional ‘hate speech’ policy

November 21, 2024

Baraboo School District is threatening the First Amendment rights of students and faculty with a proposed “Anti-Hate Speech” policy.

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Minnesota state agency must drop investigation of employee’s Facebook post

October 25, 2024

Political pressure is mounting on the Minnesota Department of Resources to fire Tyler Janke for his post about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in July.

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Florida health department defies First Amendment, threatens to prosecute TV stations for airing abortion rights ad

October 10, 2024

The department claims the ad spreads false information. But government officials can’t twist public health laws to censor protected political speech.

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Meta’s Oversight Board rightly rejects outright ban on phrase, ‘From the river to the sea’

September 4, 2024

The board’s decision is consistent with Meta’s ‘paramount’ commitment to free expression.

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Let Americans have both a job and a political opinion

July 25, 2024

The First Amendment affords significant protection to public employees when they speak in their personal capacity on matters of public concern.

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FIRE brief: TikTok law is unprecedented threat to Americans’ expressive rights

July 17, 2024

TikTok users and TikTok itself are challenging a new law that singles out and effectively bans an entire communications platform used by millions of Americans.

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