First Amendment

The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press urged the Supreme Court of Arizona to dismiss an intentional infliction of…

· Story link This is a bi-weekly tip-sheet with news and story ideas from the First Amendment Task Force of…

In an important win for free expression, a federal appeals court held today that an artist's painting of Tiger Woods…

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,…