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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 ...

Judge Raymond Kethledge Applies Careful Scrutiny in Striking Contribution Ban, But Waves Through a Law Targeting a Union
January 26, 2017   •  By David Keating   •  , , ,

Hon. Raymond Kethledge United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (2008-Present) We found six cases where Judge Kethledge wrote or joined an ...

What would happen if the media talked about itself the way it talks about “dark money” groups?
November 1, 2016   •  By Luke Wachob   •  , ,

A shadowy organization based in Washington, D.C., recently spent an undisclosed sum attempting to swing elections in far-off places such as South Dakota and ...

The November Team, et al., v. Joint Commission on Public Ethics

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March 8, 2016   •  By IFS staff   •  , , , , ,

The New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) issued a final advisory opinion in January 2016 that would expand the definition of ...

Victory in SBA List v. Driehaus
February 24, 2016   •  By Luke Wachob   •  ,

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a wise decision today in striking down Ohio’s false statement law statute in Susan B. Anthony ...

The False Heroics of False Statement Laws
August 14, 2015   •  By Brian Walsh   •  ,

When someone suggests prohibiting ‘false statements’ in campaigns, your gut reaction might be to nod your head in agreement. This might come from a ...

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