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DOJ Reportedly Reviving Rare Civil War-Era Law To Charge Ice Protesters, Raising Free Speech Fears

Federal prosecutors are bringing more conspiracy charges against ICE protesters under a rarely used Civil War-era statute, a review of court records found.

International Business Times UK

"American Diabetes Association Ejects Researchers from Conference for Sharing Editorial from Its Own Journal"

Aaron Terr (FIRE) reports, based on accounts from various publications. Some excerpts: The incident occurred outside a conference hall where… The post "American Diabetes Association Ejects Researchers from Conference for Sharing Editorial from Its Own Journal" appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason

DHS Says It Has 'Zero Tolerance' for Protesters' 'Verbal Assaults.' Here's What the Law Says.

Protesters continue to clash with law enforcement outside the Delaney Hall immigration detention facility, but questions remain over whether DHS policies comply with First Amendment law.

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Group Chats About ICE Whereabouts Are Protected Speech. The FBI Is Investigating Anyway.

FBI Director Kash Patel pays lip service to the First and Second Amendments while casting suspicion on people who exercise their First or Second Amendment rights.

Reason

Video Shows Miami Beach Detectives Questioning Woman Over Facebook Post Criticizing Mayor

FIRE condemned the police visit: "This blatant overreach is offensive to the First Amendment."

Reason

Texas investigation into teachers’ posts after Charlie Kirk’s death violates their free speech, experts say

Free speech experts say that when teachers speak in their personal capacity, even on school grounds but outside their official duties, they retain their right to comment on matters of public concern.

The Texas Tribune

The US right claimed free speech was sacred – until the Charlie Kirk killing

Rightwingers had long complained of a censorious leftwing ‘cancel culture’ but seem happy to now reframe that as ‘consequence culture’

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"Why Everything Pam Bondi Said About 'Hate Speech' Is Wrong"

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (Aaron Terr & Angel Eduardo) have a good rundown. An excerpt: While discussing… The post "Why Everything Pam Bondi Said About 'Hate Speech' Is Wrong" appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason

The First Amendment Protects CNN's Reporting on ICEBlock and Iran

The Justice Department cannot constitutionally prosecute a news outlet for covering the news.

Reason

Colorado Bill Would Force Judges To Consider 'Misgendering' a Form of 'Coercive Control' in Custody Cases

The bill risks "punishing parents simply for disagreeing with the state's preferred views on gender," Aaron Terr, a First Amendment attorney, tells Reason.

Reason

Gay Penguins Face Florida's Classroom Speech Regulations

The authors of a picture book about two male penguins raising a chick together argue excluding their book from school libraries violates their free speech rights.

Reason

Florida Threatens Local TV Station With Prosecution Over 'Dangerous' Pro-Choice Ad

The Florida Department of Health sent a cease and desist order to a Florida news station after it aired an ad claiming that women with cancer would be unable to obtain abortions in the state.

Reason

October 7 survivors are suing pro-Palestinian groups. But what is the aim?

Experts fear lawsuits against pro-Palestine student groups could stifle free speech and deplete resources for activism.

Al Jazeera

Alabama Man Faces Jail Time for Refusing To Apologize to a Cop for Cursing During Traffic Stop

Reginald Burks says he told a police officer, "Get your ass out of the way so I can take my kids to school." First Amendment lawyers say he can't be forced to apologize.

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Most doxxing campaigns only last a few days. But the effects can be felt for months

Doxxing campaigns have been used to "name and shame" people who have expressed opinions about the Israel-Hamas war.

Reason

Teaneck (N.J.) Bd. of Education Allegedly "Selectively Restricts Public Comments About the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict"

From the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (Carrie Robison & Aaron Terr); if the facts are as described (and I've generally found FIRE's accounts to be trustworthy), this does seem like a clear violation of the First Amendment: New Jersey law requires all school boards in the state to…

Reason

Football Eye Black Isn't Blackface

A student’s overzealous school spirit shouldn't ruin his life.

Reason

Democrats Threaten Matt Taibbi With Jail Time Over Twitter Files Testimony

Weaponization of the federal government, indeed

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Why is diversity the hot issue in Florida higher education? 4 things to know

TAMPA, Fla. — Less than three years ago, Florida’s higher education leaders went all in to address racial and ethnic inequalities.

Reason

Can the Feds Prosecute Douglass Mackey for His Twitter Trolling?

Because of a series of misleading memes, a troll has been charged with conspiracy "to injure, oppress, threaten and intimidate one or more persons in the free exercise and enjoyment of a right and privilege secured to them by the Constitution and laws of the United States."

Reason

No, You Don't Have a First Amendment Right To Get Your Speech Aired on Cable News

On Tuesday night, Trump spokesperson Liz Harrington made the baffling claim that, if mainstream news channels failed to air the former president's campaign announcement in full, it would mean that "we do not have the First Amendment."

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