Category: First Amendment

Yeshiva University Vows to Continue Fight Against Forced Recognition of LGBT Campus Club

Yeshiva University vowed to continue fighting in litigation over who should have the power to determine which campus groups it recognizes after the Supreme Court on Sept. 14 unexpectedly lifted a 5-day-old order that allowed it to refuse to accept an LGBT group based on the school’s religious beliefs. Founded in 1897, the Orthodox Jewish…


Supreme Court Reverses Itself, Rules Yeshiva University Must Recognize LGBT Club

Yeshiva University in New York will have to recognize an LGBT student club on campus—at least while litigation proceeds in lower courts—after the U.S. Supreme Court abruptly reversed itself on Sept. 14, lifting a stay it granted five days before. Four conservative justices dissented but two conservative court members, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice…


Federal Judge Blocks Arizona Law That Restricts Filming of Police

A federal judge has blocked a new law in Arizona that restricts the filming of police officers, siding with the Arizona Broadcasters Association, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and multiple media organizations who sued and argued that the law violated the First Amendment. U.S. District Judge John J. Tuchi granted plaintiffs a preliminary injunction to stop…


Judge Orders Fauci to Cough It Up

Commentary A lawsuit against the federal government—Anthony Fauci in particular—from the Attorneys General of Missouri and Louisiana has been brewing for a good part of the summer of 2022. The issue concerns the censoring of certain high-level experts on social media, three of whom are senior scholars of the Brownstone Institute. We know for sure…


California Churches to Be Exempt From Providing Abortion Coverage to Employees

Three churches in California are exercising their religious freedom—a federal court ruled—and no longer have to cover abortion services through health care plans for employees, as of Aug. 25.   U.S. District Court Chief Judge Kimberly Mueller of the Eastern District of California ruled in favor of the three churches—Foothill Church in Glendora, Calvary Chapel Chino Hills…


Uncovering the Army of Federal Censors

Commentary I’ve recently posted twice on the case of Missouri v. Biden, in which the states of Missouri and Louisiana—along with four private plaintiffs (Jay Bhattacharya, Martin Kulldorff, the non-profit Health Freedom Louisiana, and yours truly) represented by the New Civil Liberties Alliance—are suing the Biden administration for alleged free speech violations. Specifically, the executive branch of…


Award-Winning First Amendment Song Hitting High Note for Young Singer From Florida

He’s only 16, but Colt Jaxon’s award-winning patriotic song debuted in rarified air: Three notches below country music superstar Blake Shelton on a top music-delivery platform. Colt, who is homeschooled and lives on a small cattle ranch near Tampa, Fla., won a nationwide First Amendment-themed songwriting contest sponsored by Constituting America. The nonprofit organization educates people…


PREMIERING NOW: The Fight Against Government-Induced Censorship and Vaccine Mandates: Civil Liberties Attorney Jenin Younes

This episode will premiere on Tuesday, Aug. 30, at 7:30 p.m. ET. “The CDC does not have rulemaking authority delegated by Congress, yet the CDC did the eviction moratorium, the federal mask mandate … It was complete abuse. And unless there’s a real change, I’m afraid this is going to happen again,” says Jenin Younes,…


The Fight Against Government-Induced Censorship and Vaccine Mandates: Civil Liberties Attorney Jenin Younes

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PREMIERING 7:30PM ET: The Fight Against Government-Induced Censorship and Vaccine Mandates: Civil Liberties Attorney Jenin Younes

This episode will premiere on Tuesday, Aug. 30, at 7:30 p.m. ET. “The CDC does not have rulemaking authority delegated by Congress, yet the CDC did the eviction moratorium, the federal mask mandate … It was complete abuse. And unless there’s a real change, I’m afraid this is going to happen again,” says Jenin Younes,…