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First Amendment

Judge sentences protesters in San Diego antifa case to up to two years in jail

Sam Ribakoff / June 28, 2024

San Diego Superior Court Judge Daniel Goldstein sentenced nine people prosecutors branded as members of an "antifa" conspiracy to stifle the speech of right-wing protesters.

Wisconsin justices toss harassment injunction against anti-abortion protester

Joe Kelly / June 27, 2024

Citing recent U.S. Supreme Court precedent, the majority of justices concluded the protester did not make actual threats of violence to a family planning clinic employee.

North Carolina legislature passes antisemitism definition measure

Sydney Haulenbeek / June 26, 2024

The North Carolina ACLU is opposing North Carolina’s adoption of the definition of antisemitism, saying that it would chill political speech.

Biden administration scores SCOTUS win in fight against online misinformation

Kelsey Reichmann / June 26, 2024

The high court tossed a challenge by states that claimed the Biden administration was censoring conservative content when fighting misinformation.

Project Veritas tells Ninth Circuit Oregon privacy law violates First Amendment, undermines investigative journalism

Michael Gennaro / June 25, 2024

The case was initially decided by a three-judge panel for the Ninth Circuit, which struck down the recording ban last year. Now, the full federal appeals court will rule on it.

Federal judge puts kibosh on common tactic by clerks fighting access

Bill Girdner / June 24, 2024

First Amendment rulings are sweeping past restrictions put up by local court officials, with the latest decision coming out of federal court in Pittsburgh.

Iowa AG moves to block TikTok claims about mature content

Rox Laird / June 24, 2024

An investigation by Iowa's attorney general found TikTok users as young as 13 can access videos depicting sexual content, nudity and profanity, and the use of alcohol and hallucinogenic drugs.

Right-wing activist who spread conspiracy theories over DNC staffer’s death loses defamation appeal

Ryan Knappenberger / June 21, 2024

Matt Couch failed to plausibly state any claims of actual malice in his defamation suit against a podcaster, a three-judge panel ruled.

First Amendment and filming

Brief / June 21, 2024

BOISE, Idaho — A federal court in Idaho granted a conservation group’s requested preliminary injunction barring the government from enforcing permits and fees required for the group to film donation asks on public lands, but not required of news organizations who also film there. “Granting the news certain privileges may be permissible, but those privileges cannot overshadow the constitutional rights of others.”

Manhattan DA cites threats in cautioning judge to keep gag order in Trump’s hush-money case

Josh Russell / June 21, 2024

Prosecutors said there is "a critical need” to protect the Manhattan jurors who convicted Trump from attacks by the former president and his devotees.

‘An extraordinary speech restriction’: In legal filings, TikTok blasts potential US ban

Ryan Knappenberger / June 20, 2024

Alongside eight content creators, the social media app is set to argue against the ban before a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit on Sept. 16.