Free Speech
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Antisemitism tracker launches initiative to combat antisemitism on college campuses
Initiative includes a confidential reporting mechanism for those encountering antisemitism and guidance for how to respond.
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Breaking Bee? Christian satirists sue New Mexico for requiring 'disclaimers' on AI political satire
Unlike the Hawaii and California laws, New Mexico's is not limited to campaign season. It applies to both AI-generated meme creators and users who share their content, including social media reposts.
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Blue state ban on AI 'nudification' applies to Wonder Woman, men in Speedos, Trump himself: lawyers
Minnesota's "clumsy" ban on AI depiction of "intimate parts" is even worse than Congress accidentally criminalizing fishing videos, libertarian law firm tells court hearing xAI challenge. AG Keith Ellison ignores law's broad definition.
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IRS retaliation, incompetence show why it shouldn't get donor identities, nonprofits tell judges
IRS can't even explain why it needs donor identities to do its job and has terrible track record, diverse nonprofits tell 6th Circuit. It hid leak from victim Young America's Foundation until nearly a year after contractor's conviction.
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Supreme Court urged to stop protecting 'incompetent and malicious' bureaucrats from liability
Qualified immunity, with no legislative basis, helps censorious "desk-bound bureaucrats" more than police in split-second decisions, Institute for Justice says.
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New Jersey bureaucrats censor 'Christian grandma' for asking constituents about taxes: lawsuit
School board member challenges the Garden State's interpretation of the School Ethics Act to prohibit routine communication with constituents about anything a school board might consider, such as tax increases, consolidation.
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Appeals court bans punishing students for using 'biological' pronouns: not disruptive, harassing
Full 6th Circuit overturns panel on party-line vote, says students use correct pronouns for gender-confused peers because "there is no practical alternative" to compelled affirmation of what they hold to be a lie. Dissent compares to f-word.
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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.