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Enduring First Amendment lessons of ‘Bloody Sunday’
March 17, 2025   •  By Tiffany Donnelly & Helen Knowles-Gardner   •  , , ,

Six decades later, the story of that “Bloody Sunday” in Selma shouldn’t be confined to the pages of history books. It is a story ...

Flowers Ruling 60 Years Ago Guarantees ‘We, the People’ Can Express Political Views
May 31, 2024   •  By Helen Knowles-Gardner   •  , ,

Sixty years ago, on June 1, 1964, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark First Amendment decision in NAACP v. Alabama ex rel. Flowers.

Institute for Free Speech Research Director Authors NAACP v. Alabama Scholarly Article
April 11, 2024   •  By IFS Staff   •  , , ,

Institute for Free Speech Research Director Helen Knowles-Gardner has authored a scholarly article draft on the history of the important Supreme Court case NAACP ...

Analysis of Alabama S.B. 356 (Constitutional Amendment to Regulate Political Contributions and Spending)
April 20, 2016   •  By David Keating   •  , ,

On behalf of the Center for Competitive Politics (“CCP” or the “Center”), we respectfully submit the following comments analyzing S.B. 356, as amended by ...

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