ABC, FCC and First Amendment
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Back in 2013 I argued that under the Supreme Court's jurisprudence algorithmic editing is speech for First Amendment purposes,
"Plaintiff remains free to exercise—and indeed should exercise—his First Amendment rights in parks, on sidewalks, and in other public spaces." The post 'Political speech disrupts': Veteran loses First Amendment lawsuit after retirement home bars him from displaying pro-Trump and anti-Biden messages like 'Let's go Brandon' first appeared on Law & Crime.
Officials called for ABC to punish Jimmy Kimmel for a remark about the first lady, but an expert said it was constitutionally-protected speech.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Citing the First Amendment, a federal judge on Tuesday agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service ...
Image Pulitzer Center CEO Lisa Gibbs welcomes attendees at a Pulitzer Center event on the First Amendment at St. Louis Public Radio on April 22, 2026. The event drew journalists, students, and First Amendment watchdogs.
There is a widespread assumption in American political discourse that individual rights are due to us because we are human beings. In his Second Treatise of Government, John Locke anchored the right to “life, liberty and estate” in our status as the ...
Free speech advocates sounded the alarm Tuesday over the Federal Communications Commission’s challenge to ABC’s broadcast licenses.
(Correction: This story was updated to accurately reflect the areas of law that attorney Michel Stone practices.) What does the First Amendment really protect in today's United States? The amendment ensures the freedom of religion; the freedom of speech ...
Citing the First Amendment, a federal judge on Tuesday agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, two media entities ...