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Academic Freedom - 45 Years Later
A look back at the landmark case of Keyishian v. Board of Regents.
The Roberts Court's Free Speech Double Standard
Studies show the Supreme Court's First Amendment rulings favor corporate wealth at the expense of whistleblowers, students, and human rights groups.
Supreme Court Upholds Another Copyright Restriction
Last fall's oral argument offered few clues, but on January 18, the Court rejected a First Amendment challenge to a law that took millions of foreign works out of the public domain.
Appeals Court Strikes Down FCC Penalty for "Nipplegate"
The decision represents one more judicial rejection of the agency’s dramatic escalation in the censorship of programming it perceives as “indecent.” |
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Banninng Speech in the Name of Fighting Terrorism
The fears and pressures of our post-9/11 world have led to a Supreme Court decision that lets Congress bar peaceful political associations.
Citizens United: a Win for Free Speech, or a 1st Amendment Disaster?
The Supreme Court's radical revision of campaign finance law dramatizes profound differences about what the First Amendment really means.
Video Game Censorship Struck Down
Justice Scalia's opinion would not allow politicians to create new exceptions to the First Amendment, but four of his brethren beg to differ. |
