Category: First Amendment

Judge Greenlights Free Speech Lawsuit by Texas Professor Fired for Mocking ‘Microaggressions’

A First Amendment lawsuit against the University of North Texas (UNT) brought by a math professor who was fired for mocking the concept of “microaggressions” may proceed, a federal district judge ruled. Judge Sean D. Jordan, a Trump appointee, wrote that the case would boil down to a single question: “What can a public employee…


EpochTV Review: Who Is Monitoring the Monitors?

Commentary In this installment of Truth Over News, the hosts delve into the 1996 law named section 230. This law is designed to protect websites from being sued over what their users say. In light of this, social media companies should have no reason to ban certain people and shut down accounts because of differing…


Supreme Court Hears Religious Freedom Case About Christian Flag at Boston City Hall

Allowing national flags and flags about historic events, causes, and organizations while refusing to raise a Christian flag outside a city hall is an unconstitutional example of government censorship, a seemingly sympathetic Supreme Court was told at a Jan. 18 sitting. The hearing came as the high court has been becoming increasingly protective of religious…


Boston Flew Communist Chinese Flag, But Refused Christian Flag—Case Now Before Supreme Court

Allowing national flags and flags about historic events, causes, and organizations while refusing to raise a Christian flag outside a city hall is an unconstitutional example of government censorship, a seemingly sympathetic Supreme Court was told on Jan. 18. The hearing came as the high court has been becoming increasingly protective of religious freedoms since…


Massachusetts Teacher Sues District for Being Fired for Social Media Posts Opposing CRT and Gender Ideology

A Massachusetts school teacher fired for slamming critical race theory (CRT) and gender identity in two TikTok videos and six memes has filed a lawsuit against her former employers, citing violation of her First Amendment rights. Kari MacRae, who was hired in August to teach math and business at Hanover High School (HHS), was fired…


Massachusetts Teacher Sues District After Being Fired for Social Media Posts Opposing CRT and Gender Ideology

A Massachusetts school teacher fired for slamming critical race theory (CRT) and gender identity in two TikTok videos and six memes has filed a lawsuit against her former employers, citing the violation of her First Amendment rights. Kari MacRae, who was hired in August to teach math and business at Hanover High School (HHS), was…


Should There Be Limits to Free Speech?

Commentary The question, “Should there be limits to free speech?” is not controversial. This is because most people while recognising the importance of free speech in society, are attuned to the dangers that unrestricted free speech could inflict on unsuspecting victims. After a lifetime of teaching, researching, reading, and writing, my instinctive reaction to the…


Supreme Court Won’t Accept Project Veritas Challenge to Massachusetts Law Banning Secret Recordings

The Supreme Court refused this morning to accept an appeal from Project Veritas, the undercover investigative journalism organization founded by James O’Keefe, after an appeals court rejected the group’s First Amendment-based challenge to a Massachusetts law forbidding secret recordings. The case, Project Veritas Action Fund v. Rollins, court file 20-1598, comes from the U.S. Court…


Religious Freedom Groups Oppose Biden Proposal to Rescind Trump-Era Exemption

Civil liberties advocates oppose President Joe Biden’s proposed rescission of a Trump-era broadening of a regulatory exemption protecting religious employers against being forced to hire individuals who don’t share the organization’s faith views or practices. In a proposed rule posted Nov. 9 on the Federal Register for official public comment, the Department of Labor’s (DOL)…


Vaccine Mandate Violates Constitutional Rights: Pennsylvania Lawsuit

Have you had your COVID-19 vaccination? This has become a loaded question with implications beyond health. A Pennsylvania lawsuit argues that receiving or declining a vaccine has become a political act, and when employers compel employees to get vaccinated, they are forcing employees to engage in political speech, a violation of the First Amendment, the…