First Amendment

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the Student Press Law Center asked the director of the U.S.…

FIFTH CIRCUIT--The U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans (5th Cir.) reaffirmed its November 1995 holding that a federal statute…

WASHINGTON, D.C.--In late July, a federal judge dismissed Rep. John Boehner's (R-Ohio) civil lawsuit against Rep. James McDermott (D-Wash) over…

FOURTH CIRCUIT--A columnist's opinions questioning a technology company's stock value were "subjective and speculative supposition" and therefore protected by the…

NEW JERSEY--Imprisoned sex offenders may continue to receive and possess sexually oriented material, a federal district judge in Newark decided…

SEVENTH CIRCUIT--In late July, the federal appeals court in Chicago (7th Cir.) unanimously held that a publisher of nonpersonalized commodities…

PENNSYLVANIA--A public transportation agency violated the First Amendment by rejecting an anti-abortion advertisement for display in its stations and vehicles,…

MARYLAND--A radio reporter pleaded guilty to two counts of receiving and transporting child pornography in early July, after a federal…

LOUISIANA--A state appellate court in Baton Rouge in mid-May decided that a suit brought by the victim of an armed…

WASHINGTON--False political advertising is protected by the First Amendment, the state Supreme Court in Olympia ruled in mid-June. The court…