The New York Times wants anonymity for the powerful, but no privacy for you

September 7, 2018   •  By Brad Smith   •  , , ,

President Trump set off another mini-firestorm this week with his reaction to an anonymously-authored New York Times op-ed in which the author “vowed to ...

Media or Not, the First Amendment Protects Your Right to Unlimited Speech

August 3, 2018   •  By Alex Baiocco   •  , ,

Hip-hop artist Chance the Rapper recently announced that he purchased the Chicago local news site Chicagoist. Part of the Gothamist family of local news outlets, the publication was previously ...

Maine’s campaign laws hurt a free press

March 26, 2018   •  By Thomas Wheatley   •  , , ,

By David Keating and Thomas Wheatley Under Maine campaign law, an independent expenditure is "any [independent] communication that expressly advocates the election or defeat of ...

On Trolls, Tweets, and Free Speech

January 26, 2018   •  By Brad Smith   •  , , ,

Lately, it seems to have become a sophomoric sport among some who regularly oppose our efforts to protect and expand free speech to try ...

A Teachable Moment for @alt_fec

January 4, 2018   •  By IFS Staff   •  , ,

The Twitter handle @alt_fec, which claims the mantle of “resistance” to the present administration, has tweeted to request our views on the First Amendment ...

The Washington Post Holds Series of Panels on the First Amendment

June 22, 2017   •  By Joe Albanese   •  , ,

On Tuesday, The Washington Post hosted a series of First Amendment panels at its offices in an event called “Free to State: A New ...

Let Us Protect You From Speech

June 21, 2017   •  By Alex Baiocco   •  , ,

You know that feeling when you read an op-ed on a pertinent issue and all of a sudden you realize there is no author ...

Cato Holds Discussion on New Floyd Abrams Book on First Amendment

May 2, 2017   •  By Joe Albanese   •  ,

On Monday, the Cato Institute hosted a forum to discuss Floyd Abrams’s new book, The Soul of the First Amendment. Abrams is well known ...

Cato Panel Discusses Free Speech, Media, and Trump

February 6, 2017   •  By Joe Albanese   •  ,

On Friday, the Cato Institute hosted a panel event entitled, “Will President Trump Threaten Free Speech?” The panel consisted of Francis Buckley, a professor ...

Judge Neil Gorsuch: Good Guys, Bad Guys, the Media, and the First Amendment

January 31, 2017   •  By David Keating   •  , ,

Hon. Neil Gorsuch United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (2006-Present) This post examines four opinions Judge Neil Gorsuch wrote or joined ...

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