Tag Archives: First Amendment (US Constitution)

The New York Times 8:03 pm on July 7, 2021
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Trump Announces Suit Against Facebook, Twitter & Google Over Bans

Speaking about “freedom of speech” and the First Amendment — which applies to the government, not to private-sector companies — Mr. Trump called his lawsuit a “very beautiful development.”

#facebook-inc, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #google-inc, #social-media, #suits-and-litigation-civil, #trump-donald-j, #twitter

The New York Times 2:18 pm on July 1, 2021
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Supreme Court Backs Donor Privacy for California Charities

Conservative groups challenged the state’s disclosure requirements, saying they could lead to harassment.

#americans-for-prosperity, #cato-institute, #decisions-and-verdicts, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #philanthropy, #supreme-court-us

The New York Times 2:31 pm on June 23, 2021
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Supreme Court Rules for Student in First Amendment Case

A Pennsylvania school district violated the First Amendment by disciplining a student for off-campus speech, the court ruled.

#decisions-and-verdicts, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #levy-brandi, #school-discipline-students, #supreme-court-us

The New York Times 9:00 am on June 14, 2021
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Special IDs for Sex Offenders: Safety Measures or Scarlet Letters?

The Supreme Court will soon consider whether to hear a First Amendment challenge to a Louisiana law that required driver’s licenses to identify sex offenders.

#drivers-licenses, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #louisiana, #sex-crimes, #supreme-court-us, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 2:20 pm on June 12, 2021
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Garland Confronts Long-Building Crisis Over Leak Inquiries and Journalism

Prosecutors’ approach to unauthorized disclosures of government secrets has undergone a sea change in the 21st century.

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The New York Times 2:20 pm on June 12, 2021
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Garland Confronts Crisis Over Leak Inquiries and Journalism

Prosecutors’ approach to unauthorized disclosures of government secrets has undergone a sea change in the 21st century.

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The New York Times 11:19 pm on June 9, 2021
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CNN Lawyers Gagged in Fight With Justice Dept. Over Reporter’s Emails

The disclosure of the aggressive leak investigation tactic followed a similar revelation involving The New York Times.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on June 2, 2021
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The FISA Court’s Unnecessary Secrecy

Many of the decisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court have not seen the light of day. That’s irreconcilable with the Constitution.

#american-civil-liberties-union, #constitution-us, #espionage-and-intelligence-services, #federal-bureau-of-investigation, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #foreign-intelligence-surveillance-court, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #privacy, #suits-and-litigation-civil, #supreme-court-us, #surveillance-of-citizens-by-government, #united-states, #united-states-politics-and-government, #usa-freedom-act, #usa-patriot-act

The New York Times 10:00 am on May 25, 2021
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A Cheerleader, a Snapchat Post and the Supreme Court

Inside the unusual sequence of events behind one of the most important student free speech cases for 50 years.

#cheerleaders, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #school-discipline-students, #snap-inc, #social-media, #supreme-court-us

The New York Times 9:00 am on May 22, 2021
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Risk of Nuclear War Over Taiwan in 1958 Said to Be Greater Than Publicly Known

The famed source of the Pentagon Papers, Daniel Ellsberg, has made another unauthorized disclosure — and wants to be prosecuted for it.

#china, #classified-information-and-state-secrets, #cold-war-era, #defense-department, #eisenhower-dwight-david, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #nuclear-weapons, #pentagon-papers, #taiwan, #united-states-defense-and-military-forces, #united-states-international-relations, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 12:27 am on May 18, 2021
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Trump Justice Dept. Tried to Use Grand Jury to Identify Nunes Critic on Twitter

An unsealed court filing shows that the social media company fought the subpoena, which the Biden administration is said to have withdrawn.

#first-amendment-us-constitution, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #justice-department, #nunes-devin-g, #subpoenas, #suits-and-litigation-civil, #twitter, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 9:00 am on May 3, 2021
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Debate Erupts at N.J. Law School After White Student Quotes Racial Slur

A Rutgers Law student repeated an epithet from a legal case, and now Black students at the New Jersey school are calling for a policy on slurs — and apologies.

#academic-freedom, #apologies, #black-people, #colleges-and-universities, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #foundation-for-individual-rights-in-education, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #handler-alan-b, #law-schools, #legal-profession, #new-jersey, #race-and-ethnicity, #rutgers-the-state-university-of-new-jersey, #vera-bergelson

The New York Times 11:56 pm on April 28, 2021
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A Lively Supreme Court Argument Over a Cheerleader’s Vulgar Rant

The justices struggled to determine how the First Amendment applies to public schools’ power to punish students for social media posts and other off-campus speech.

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The New York Times 7:13 pm on April 15, 2021
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The Supreme Court Is Making New Law in the Shadows

The justices are defying their procedural rules to rewrite the Constitution.

#biden-joseph-r-jr, #california, #decisions-and-verdicts, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #freedom-of-religion, #religion-state-relations, #scalia-antonin, #supreme-court-us, #trump-donald-j

The New York Times 10:00 am on April 14, 2021
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A Legal Winning Streak for Religion

A series of victories in the Supreme Court has fueled claims that the justices are giving preference to faith groups.

#california, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #religion-and-belief, #supreme-court-us

The New York Times 4:38 am on April 10, 2021
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By 5-4 Vote, Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on Prayer Meetings in Homes

The court shifted direction in cases on Covid-related limits on religious services after Justice Amy Coney Barrett replaced Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

#appeals-courts-us, #barrett-amy-coney, #constitution-us, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #ginsburg-ruth-bader, #kagan-elena, #places-of-worship, #prayers-and-prayer-books, #roberts-john-g-jr, #supreme-court-us

The New York Times 9:00 am on April 8, 2021
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This Is What Judicial Activism Looks Like on the Supreme Court

In a dissent, two conservative justices invite a case to overturn a precedent on religion in the workplace that they dislike.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on April 5, 2021
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An Extraordinary Winning Streak for Religion at the Supreme Court

More broadly, one new study found, “the politicization of religious freedom has infiltrated every level of the federal judiciary.”

#christians-and-christianity, #courts-and-the-judiciary, #epstein-lee, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #freedom-of-religion, #posner-eric-a, #roberts-john-g-jr, #supreme-court-us, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 9:00 am on March 26, 2021
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The Social Justice Purge at Idaho Colleges

Republican lawmakers try to cancel diversity programs.

#academic-freedom, #boise-state-university, #colleges-and-universities, #critical-race-theory, #discrimination, #education-k-12, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #idaho, #race-and-ethnicity, #state-legislatures

The New York Times 10:00 am on March 11, 2021
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Our Lonely Chief Justice

A recent solitary dissent by John Roberts points to his isolation from the court’s other conservatives.

#alliance-defending-freedom, #barrett-amy-coney, #federal-courts-us, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #ginsburg-ruth-bader, #roberts-john-g-jr, #suits-and-litigation-civil, #supreme-court-us, #thomas-clarence, #united-states

The New York Times 10:00 am on February 5, 2021
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Students Punished for ‘Vulgar’ Social Media Posts Are Fighting Back

A lawsuit against the University of Tennessee questions when schools can discipline students because of their online speech.

#civil-rights-and-liberties, #colleges-and-universities, #diei-kimberly, #education-k-12, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #indecency-obscenity-and-profanity, #social-media, #suits-and-litigation-civil, #university-of-tennessee

The New York Times 10:00 am on January 14, 2021
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Don’t Let Trump’s Second Trial Change the First Amendment

The House was right to impeach the president, but the legal definition of incitement shouldn’t give way in the process.

#constitution-us, #demonstrations-protests-and-riots, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #house-of-representatives, #impeachment, #mckesson-deray-1985, #republican-party, #senate, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 8:02 pm on January 12, 2021
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Citing Taylor Swift, Supreme Court Seems Set to Back Nominal Damages Suits

Three justices discussed the singer in a case over whether two students could sue their college for violating their First Amendment rights.

#constitution-us, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #georgia, #georgia-gwinnett-college, #suits-and-litigation-civil, #supreme-court-us, #swift-taylor, #uzuegbunam-chike, #washington-dc

The New York Times 1:01 am on January 12, 2021
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The Scary Power of the Companies That Finally Shut Trump Up

Tech giants were right to ban the president. We still need to break them up.

#amazon-com-inc, #bill-of-rights-us, #censorship, #constitution-us, #constitutional-amendments, #debates-political, #democracy-theory-and-philosophy, #dorsey-jack, #facebook-inc, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #impeachment, #jones-alex-1974, #liberalism-us-politics, #libertarianism-us-politics, #navalny-aleksei-a, #parler-llc, #republican-party, #right-wing-extremism-and-alt-right, #sanders-sarah-huckabee, #science-and-technology, #silicon-valley-calif, #social-media, #storming-of-the-us-capitol-jan-2021, #trump-donald-j, #twitter

The New York Times 10:25 pm on January 11, 2021
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Can Trump Be Charged for a Crime for Incendiary Speech Before Capitol Riot?

The president’s actions just before his supporters’ deadly rampage at the Capitol has created new risks for him.

#constitution-us, #constitutional-amendments, #demonstrations-protests-and-riots, #ethics-and-official-misconduct, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #immunity-from-prosecution, #impeachment, #justice-department, #law-and-legislation, #storming-of-the-us-capitol-jan-2021, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 10:25 pm on January 11, 2021
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Does Trump Face Legal Jeopardy for His Incendiary Speech Before the Riot?

The president’s actions just before his supporters’ deadly rampage at the Capitol has created new risks for him.

#constitution-us, #constitutional-amendments, #demonstrations-protests-and-riots, #ethics-and-official-misconduct, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #immunity-from-prosecution, #impeachment, #justice-department, #law-and-legislation, #storming-of-the-us-capitol-jan-2021, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 3:05 pm on January 9, 2021
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Fear Spreads in Minnesota Town as ‘Extremist Group’ Moves to Open Church

Many residents of Murdock, Minn., said they were horrified that an organization condemned by watchdogs as a white supremacist hate group would open a church. City leaders said they had little choice but to grant a permit.

#asatru-folk-assembly, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #local-government, #murdock-minn, #race-and-ethnicity, #religion-and-belief, #religion-state-relations, #right-wing-extremism-and-alt-right, #whites, #zoning

The New York Times 10:00 am on January 6, 2021
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Have Trump’s Lies Wrecked Free Speech?

A debate has broken out over whether the once-sacrosanct constitutional protection of the First Amendment has become a threat to democracy.

#constitution-us, #constitutional-amendments, #cyberharassment, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #presidential-election-of-2020, #republican-party, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-politics-and-government, #wu-timothy

The New York Times 10:00 am on December 28, 2020
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A Cheerleader’s Vulgar Message Prompts a First Amendment Showdown

A Pennsylvania school district has asked the Supreme Court to rule on whether students may be disciplined for what they say on social media.

#cyberharassment, #education, #education-k-12, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #school-discipline-students, #social-media, #supreme-court-us

The New York Times 10:00 am on December 3, 2020
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Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s Choice

Will she join the Supreme Court’s grievance conservatives?

#barrett-amy-coney, #constitution-us, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #freedom-of-religion, #ginsburg-ruth-bader, #gorsuch-neil-m, #kavanaugh-brett-m, #new-york-state, #roberts-john-g-jr, #roman-catholic-church, #same-sex-marriage-civil-unions-and-domestic-partnerships, #sotomayor-sonia, #supreme-court-us, #thomas-clarence, #trump-donald-j

The New York Times 10:00 am on November 16, 2020
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Case on Churches, Cuomo and Coronavirus Arrives at Supreme Court

The general question in cases in California, Nevada and New York is whether government officials or judges should calibrate responses to the public health crisis.

#brooklyn-nyc, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #cuomo-andrew-m, #decisions-and-verdicts, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #freedom-of-religion, #roman-catholic-church, #supreme-court-us

The New York Times 10:39 pm on November 2, 2020
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Justice Amy Coney Barrett Hears Her First Supreme Court Argument

But she did not take part in a pair of unsigned decisions in favor of a Black Lives Matter activist and a prisoner held in abusive conditions.

#barrett-amy-coney, #decisions-and-verdicts, #eighth-amendment-us-constitution, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #fish-and-wildlife-service, #freedom-of-information-act, #mckesson-deray-1985, #sierra-club, #supreme-court-us, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 9:00 am on October 19, 2020
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A Question of Life and Death Looms for Amy Coney Barrett

If confirmed, she may soon have to reconcile her Catholic morality and the law over a death penalty case.

#alito-samuel-a-jr, #barrett-amy-coney, #capital-punishment, #constitution-us, #criminal-justice, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #francis, #freedom-of-religion, #john-paul-ii, #kavanaugh-brett-m, #murders-attempted-murders-and-homicides, #prisons-and-prisoners, #roman-catholic-church, #supreme-court-us, #texas

The New York Times 9:32 pm on September 27, 2020
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An Editor’s Note on the Trump Tax Investigation

The New York Times has examined decades of President Trump’s financial records, assembling the most comprehensive picture yet of his business dealings.

#federal-taxes-us, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #freedom-of-the-press, #new-york-times, #trump-tax-returns, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 9:00 am on August 17, 2020
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A College’s ‘Free Speech Areas’ Face Supreme Court Review

The justices will consider whether a student’s First Amendment lawsuit may proceed after a college in Georgia abandoned its restrictions.

#appeals-courts-us, #carr-christopher-m, #colleges-and-universities, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #georgia, #religion-and-belief, #suits-and-litigation-civil, #supreme-court-us, #uzuegbunam-chike

The New York Times 9:17 pm on July 31, 2020
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Homeland Security Shuts Down ‘Intelligence’ Reports on Journalists

The acting secretary of homeland security said that he would investigate his department’s dissemination of the tweets of journalists who uncovered agency documents.

#civil-rights-and-liberties, #federal-state-relations-us, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #news-and-news-media, #news-sources-confidential-status-of, #portland-ore, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 12:49 am on July 25, 2020
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Split 5 to 4, Supreme Court Rejects Nevada Church’s Challenge to Shutdown Restrictions

The church said it was subject to more severe limits than casinos and restaurants.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #decisions-and-verdicts, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #freedom-of-religion, #nevada, #roberts-john-g-jr, #supreme-court-us

The New York Times 9:31 pm on July 22, 2020
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Government Denies Cohen Was Imprisoned to Stop Trump Book

The denial came in response to a lawsuit filed by Michael Cohen, the president’s former lawyer, that said he was being punished for speaking out.

#barr-william-p, #cohen-michael-d-1966, #ex-convicts, #federal-bureau-of-prisons, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #justice-department, #new-york-city, #otisville-ny, #presidential-election-of-2020, #prison-guards-and-corrections-officers, #prisons-and-prisoners, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-politics-and-government, #washington-dc

The New York Times 10:46 pm on July 2, 2020
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Colleges Rescinding Admissions Offers as Racist Social Media Posts Emerge

Amid a national accounting over racism after George Floyd’s death, at least a dozen schools have revoked admissions offers to incoming students.

#admissions-standards, #black-lives-matter-movement, #colleges-and-universities, #discrimination, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #floyd-george-d-2020, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #george-floyd-protests-2020, #race-and-ethnicity, #social-media, #united-states

The New York Times 10:29 pm on June 19, 2020
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Judge Weighs Administration Request to Order Bolton to Try to Pull Back Book

A lawyer for President Trump’s former national security adviser called the request “theater,” portraying it as legally and practically impossible.

#bolton-john-r, #books-and-literature, #classified-information-and-state-secrets, #cooper-charles-j, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #justice-department, #lamberth-royce-c, #national-security-council, #simonschuster-inc, #the-room-where-it-happened-a-white-house-memoir-book, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 7:04 pm on June 8, 2020
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The Constitutional Separation of Church and State Faces Demise

The government is allowing federal pandemic aid to pay for clergy salaries, something that once would have been unthinkable.

#clergy, #constitution-us, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-aid-relief-and-economic-security-act-2020, #federal-taxes-us, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #freedom-of-religion, #private-and-sectarian-schools, #religion-state-relations, #small-business

The New York Times 2:05 pm on June 3, 2020
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A.C.L.U. Sues Minneapolis, Claiming Police Tactics Violated Freedom of Press

The organization filed the suit on behalf of a reporter who said he was hit in the face with a projectile shot by police as he was covering a protest.

#american-civil-liberties-union, #black-lives-matter-movement, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #floyd-george-d-2020, #freedom-of-the-press, #george-floyd-protests-2020, #minneapolis-minn, #news-and-news-media, #police-brutality-misconduct-and-shootings, #washington-post

The New York Times 7:00 pm on June 2, 2020
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Trump’s Twitter Executive Order Is Unconstitutional Harassment

His executive order aimed at social media companies should be ignored.

#executive-orders-and-memorandums, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #social-media, #trump-donald-j, #twitter

The New York Times 4:54 am on May 30, 2020
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Supreme Court, in 5-4 Decision, Rejects Church’s Challenge to Shutdown Order

A California church argued that restrictions on public gatherings treated houses of worship worse than many businesses.

#constitution-us, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #freedom-of-religion, #newsom-gavin, #quarantines, #religion-state-relations, #supreme-court-us, #trump-donald-j

The New York Times 3:19 pm on May 28, 2020
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What is Section 230? Legal Shield for Websites is the Targeted by Trump

Section 230, from a 1996 federal law, was meant to protect young internet companies from liability. Lawmakers have threatened to change it.

#censorship, #computers-and-the-internet, #cyberharassment, #facebook-inc, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #google-inc, #libel-and-slander, #section-230, #social-media, #twitter, #united-states-politics-and-government

The New York Times 9:00 am on May 19, 2020
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The Coronavirus Protests Are Protected by the Constitution

Although some states have tried to ban them, anti-lockdown demonstrations are protected by the First Amendment.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #first-amendment-us-constitution, #freedom-of-speech-and-expression, #politics-and-government, #supreme-court-us

The New York Times 11:26 pm on April 16, 2020
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Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Censorship of Writings by Ex-Officials

The plaintiffs will appeal. They argued that a system that requires review before publication is unconstitutionally “dysfunctional.”

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