First Amendment

Would-be flag-burner speaks

"I think I may have been naive," Louisiana student tells Salon after event causes a Fox-fueled furor

Emma Mustich Saturday, May 14, 2011 5:01 PM UTC 83
News First Amendment

Jonah Goldberg agrees with the Westboro Church ruling except he doesn’t

America's finest columnist says "meh" to your precious "free speech"

Alex Pareene Friday, Mar 4, 2011 5:05 PM UTC 36
Politics Supreme Court, War Room

Does Shirley Sherrod have a case against Breitbart?

Salon talks with First Amendment guru Floyd Abrams: "I'm just saying, if that's what he did, it can be defamatory"

Teresa Cotsirilos Monday, Feb 14, 2011 9:48 PM UTC 75
Politics Tea Parties, War Room, CPAC

Koch brothers, Christian chicken-sellers besieged by thuggish liberal criticism

When corporations dabble in politics, the Constitution says you aren't allowed to boycott or protest them

Alex Pareene Thursday, Feb 3, 2011 2:01 PM UTC 108
Politics First Amendment, Food Business

Michele Bachmann to have far-right crank teach Constitution to new representatives

She promises weekly lessons for freshman members on how God wrote the Bill of Rights

Alex Pareene Wednesday, Nov 17, 2010 8:45 PM UTC 59
Politics Michele Bachmann, R-Minn.

Is Terrorism being used to erode free speech rights?

An NYU Law School panel contains sharply divergent views on this question

Glenn Greenwald Thursday, Nov 11, 2010 3:12 PM UTC 436
Politics Terrorism, Washington, D.C.

Oregon man settles lewd gesture lawsuit for $4,000

Says he was exercising his First Amendment right when he gave sheriffs the finger

Associated Press Monday, Nov 1, 2010 11:45 PM UTC
News First Amendment

Lawsuits that kill books

Litigious billionaires and foreign courts are as much a threat as book-banning fundamentalists

Laura Miller Wednesday, Oct 6, 2010 11:01 AM UTC 11
Entertainment Publishing News

Iran imprisons its blogfather

The repressive regime sentences Hossein Derakhshan to 19.5 years for the "crime" of speaking his mind

Dan Gillmor Thursday, Sep 30, 2010 5:31 PM UTC 11
Entertainment Iran, First Amendment

Orrin Hatch defends Park51

The conservative Utah senator not only understands, but is willing to publicly defend the Constitution

Alex Pareene Tuesday, Aug 31, 2010 4:01 PM UTC 50
Politics Park51, Orrin Hatch, R-Utah

Heroes, villains and cowards of the so-called “ground zero mosque”

Who's defended religious liberty, who's been too scared to, and who truly hates our founding principles?

Alex Pareene Thursday, Aug 19, 2010 7:30 PM UTC 80
Politics Park51, War Room, 2010 Elections

Anti-Muslim agitator and Obama agree on mosque

Now Pamela Geller says that government shouldn't "stop the mosque," which is exactly what the president said

Joe Conason Thursday, Aug 19, 2010 5:20 PM UTC 48
Politics Park51, Barack Obama, Islam

Dr. Laura’s pity party

The angry radio quitter is another right-winger who misunderstands the First Amendment and loves playing victim

Joan Walsh Wednesday, Aug 18, 2010 4:18 AM UTC 194
Politics Media Criticism

Shirley Sherrod’s revenge

Andrew Breitbart should be held accountable for his deceptions, but is there a libel case here?

Dan Gillmor Thursday, Jul 29, 2010 8:15 PM UTC 60
Entertainment Shirley Sherrod

Court makes a $#%!ing cool ruling on free speech

The 2nd Circuit in Manhattan strikes down the FCC's ludicrously vague indecency policy

Jenn Kepka Tuesday, Jul 13, 2010 8:45 PM UTC
All Salon Language Police

Groups sue Mass. over newly expanded obscenity law

Electronic communications now subject to regulations for protection of minors. Publishers cry censorship

Denise Lavoie, Associated Press Tuesday, Jul 13, 2010 8:40 PM UTC
News Internet Culture

Viacom’s YouTube loss a victory for online speech, collaboration

Judge says YouTube obeyed copyright law in widely watched legal case

Dan Gillmor Thursday, Jun 24, 2010 1:58 PM UTC 17
Entertainment YouTube, Google, Copyright

Journalists file lawsuit in GOP convention arrests

"Democracy Now!" host and two producers allege that authorities violated their First Amendment right to gather news

Steve Karnowski, Associated Press Wednesday, May 5, 2010 6:30 PM UTC 17
News Republican Party

The new pornographers

What's more disturbing -- that teens are texting each other naked pictures of themselves, or that it could get them branded as sex offenders for life?

Tracy Clark-Flory Friday, Feb 20, 2009 11:30 AM UTC 188
Life Teenagers, Children, Sex

A Chinese blog explosion

China gained 88 million Internet users in 2008. Online political dissent also jumped. That can't be an accident.

Andrew Leonard Wednesday, Jan 14, 2009 11:45 AM UTC 14
Politics China, Globalization

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