Free Speech
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Christian counselor asks court to obey SCOTUS by lifting 'censorship' order against him
Washington's so-called conversion therapy law is functionally indistinguishable from Colorado law SCOTUS blocked with regard to counselor in the same situation, motion says.
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Kansas City argues it can force Christians to counsel gay married couples without violating SCOTUS
Eighth Circuit panel seems surprised by city's argument that SCOTUS ruling against "conversion therapy" ban doesn't affect its public accommodation law, which requires counselors to see gay couples but not endorse their marriage.
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Governments pay hefty settlements for threatening, jailing people who share political memes
Hawaii Legislature must approve $118,000 payment to Babylon Bee, activist who blocked ban on "materially deceptive" election content. Tennessee county pays $835,000 to ex-cop jailed for meme response to Charlie Kirk's assassination.
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City council chills public comment by banning criticism, requiring home address: lawsuit
"Up until recently, meetings were livestreamed and posted online, forcing citizens to broadcast their home addresses to the public," followed by threats, harassment and Satanic Temple correspondence, law firm says.
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'All they did was wear wristbands!' Judges question school district's ban on 'XX' at girls' games
Most Democratic federal appeals court doesn't want gender identity protests to escalate at school games, but panel isn't impressed by district's explanation for censoring parents without any plausible disruption.
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Ninety-four percent of sanctioned scholars suffered from free speech attacks
Survey by FIRE talked with scholars “targeted for sanction because of their speech between 2020 and 2024.”
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Jailed a month for anti-Trump meme, ex-cop's charges dismissed after sheriff admits no threat
Tennessee law passed in wake of school shooting used against self-proclaimed "a--hole" who posted Trump quote about school shooting in Charlie Kirk vigil Facebook group. Sheriff's office allegedly refuses records request.
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Moms for Liberty activist beats defamation suit by DEI employee over 'woke,' 'white savior' jabs
Wisconsin appeals court saves Scarlett Johnson, three years later, from "costly, pointless, and incoherent" trial over whether she implied "undisclosed defamatory facts" about a onetime social justice coordinator in hyperbolic posts.
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After SCOTUS ignores 'only two genders' censorship, appeals court upholds 'Let's Go Brandon' ban
Divided 6th Circuit panel created two splits with other appeals courts, which invites SCOTUS review, on how to treat "political speech expressed through facially non-obscene apparel" and "ambiguously lewd" speech, dissent says.
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Judge blocks sanctions on boys who objected to female in locker room, rejects district's Hail Mary
Northern Virginia school district refuses to show judge the boys' locker room recording made by female student who identifies as a boy, which it repeatedly cited as evidence against the boys. It falsely calls female "male."
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Democrats' hypocrisy on federal pressure to censor frustrates effort to stop Trump saber-rattling
"It begins with censorship, it moves to the destruction of statues and monuments, and it ends with the murder of people," CEO of demonetized conservative publisher tells lawmakers at hearing on how Biden "jawboned Big Tech."
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Fired women's coach saw male player 'wink' at opponent after endangering female teammate: lawsuit
Melissa Batie-Smoose sues San Jose State, says male coaches repeatedly favored transgender player Blaire Fleming, who is male, while punishing females. She witnessed Fleming "fail to block" for co-captain who talked about Fleming's sex.
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Free Speech Reparations? Lawmaker introduces bill making feds personally liable for quashing speech
Hageman said that a lot of First Amendment rights were violated in 2020 during the COVID-19 lockdowns. A new bill may hold individual government employees liable for violating Americans' rights.