Press Freedom

The latest from Richmond Times-Dispatch columnist A. Barton Hinkle asks why media corporations are exempt from campaign finance laws (‘Why exempt the media?’ June ...

This Article examines relevant evidence to determine whether, as some have argued, the original legal force of the First Amendment’s “freedom of the press” included a ...

Citizens United filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado challenging the application of Colorado’s campaign finance regulatory regime ...

Generally, false statement laws prohibit “false” speech about candidates or public officials (including their official voting records). Analogous libel and slander statutes – which also ...

On June 2, 2014, the Center for Competitive Politics (“CCP”) filed comments before Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler supporting Citizens United’s Petition for ...

On April 3, 2014, the Center for Competitive Politics (“CCP”) requested an unredacted copy of the First General Counsel’s Report, dated June 22, 2011, ...

The central flaw in the analysis of Citizens United by both the majority and the dissent was to treat it as a free speech ...

Matt Nese, CCP's Director of External Relations, in comments to Montana's Senate Judiciary Committee on H.B. 129, warned that the proposal “would set a dangerous ...

Over the past several decades, a particular abuse of the justice system has developed that poses a serious threat to free expression and petition. Strategic Lawsuits Against ...

The FirstAmendmentto the U.S.Constitution recognizes a laissez-faire policy toward speech and the press. The Framers of the Bill of Rights worried that the self-interest of politicians fostered suppression ...