First Amendment

A federal judge in Tennessee sealed court filings last week with little public explanation in a criminal case involving prescription…

A U.S. district judge in Kansas refused last week to quash a subpoena issued to a human rights group and…

The U.S. Court of Appeals sitting in Portland, Oregon, (9th Cir.) struck down two laws Monday that would have prohibited…

President Barack Obama today signed into law bipartisan legislation aimed at protecting authors and journalists from libel lawsuits filed abroad.

The House of Representatives is considering legislation that would create a federal anti-SLAPP law to protect individuals from meritless lawsuits…

There were developments this week in two "true threats" trials against Internet agitators who have been charged with inciting illegal…

The Texas Open Meetings Act remains good law after withstanding a constitutional challenge by former city council members who asserted…

A federal appellate court rightly decided this week to re-hear a case on the constitutionality of the Texas Open Meetings…

The Supreme Court said today it would rehear a case about how the government may regulate corporate and union speech…

A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a regulation barring prisoners on death row in the federal system from meeting…