Category: First Amendment

Yeshiva University Asks Supreme Court to Block Order Forcing It to Recognize LGBTQ Club on Campus

New York City-based Yeshiva University filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court on Aug. 29 asking the court to stay a lower court order forcing it to recognize an LGBTQ student club. The application comes as the high court has become increasingly protective of constitutionally protected religious rights in recent years. Last year…


Long Live the First Amendment, Now and Forever

Commentary Free speech is under assault. Yes, The Epoch Times was wrongly censored on Twitter. But that is only a symptom. The problem goes so much deeper. This is not a revelatory statement, nor is it particularly controversial. Any honest individual, regardless of political leanings, will admit as much. The only people who would argue…


New Lawsuit Targets Biden Admin for Colluding With Social Media Giants to Stifle Free Speech | Truth Over News

Hi everyone and welcome to Truth over News. The First Amendment in the Bill of Rights states that Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” Our Founders recognized the inherent dangers of outlawing what might be considered to be undesirable speech. They also foresaw the threat of government…


Every Senate Dem but Sinema Backing Bill to Compromise First Amendment Freedom of Speech

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) is the only one of the Senate’s 48 Democrats whose name does not appear as a co-sponsor of the “Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections Act of 2021,” also known as the DISCLOSE Act. First introduced in its current version in February 2021 by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.),…


Every Senate Dem but Sinema Backs Bill to Compromise First Amendment Freedom of Speech

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) is the only one of the Senate’s 48 Democrats whose name doesn’t appear as a co-sponsor of the “Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act of 2021,” also known as the DISCLOSE Act. First introduced in its current version in February 2021 by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), the…


Professor Sues University After Being Censored for Rejecting Woke ‘Land Acknowledgment’

A professor has filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the University of Washington (UW), which censored him for disagreeing with the idea that the university campus sits on “occupied land” belonging to a native tribe. Located in Seattle, UW is one of the many U.S. colleges and universities that promote “land acknowledgment” statements that recognize…


Federal Judge Orders Biden Administration to Cooperate in Social Media Collusion Lawsuit

A federal judge ordered the Biden administration on July 12 to comply with information requests in a lawsuit brought by Missouri and Louisiana officials about alleged federal government collusion with social media companies to suppress important news stories in the name of fighting so-called misinformation. The lawsuit could help bring to light the Biden administration’s…


How Much Did the US Government Pressure Twitter to Ban Alex Berenson?

Commentary  In August 2021, Alex Berenson, a former journalist for The New York Times, was permanently banned from Twitter for writing the following lines about the COVID-19 shot. “It doesn’t stop infection. Or transmission. Don’t think of it as a vaccine. Think of it—at best—as a therapeutic with a limited window of efficacy and terrible side effect…


Silicon Valley Church Sues County Over Pandemic Restrictions

In California’s Silicon Valley, a church in San Jose with over 600 members has filed a civil rights lawsuit against county and state officials over COVID-related restrictions and fines. From May through October 2020, Calvary Chapel San Jose (CCSJ) continued to hold indoor services with masks optional and did not enforce social distancing nor limit…


Coach Fired for Praying Just Wants Job Back After Supreme Court Win

The high school football coach who was fired for praying on the 50-yard line says he just wants his job back after the U.S. Supreme Court decided in his favor. The Supreme Court ruled 6–3 on Monday that the sacking of Joseph Kennedy, who is a Christian, violated First Amendment religious freedom protections. Kennedy worked…