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Polincinski: We should protest proposed restrictions on White House protests

Oct. 15 event: Political Surveillance in Memphis - Then and Now

Ken Paulson: Examining First Amendment Rights on Campus

California appeals court says complete social media ban for juvenile offender goes too far

Federal appeals court upholds college’s punishment of student who sent lewd texts

Gene Policinski: Corrections should be seen as good things, not weapons for critics

First Amendment prohibits ICE from retaliating against immigrant rights activists, legal groups argue

Hudson: U.S. Supreme Court should review blanket ban on Prison Legal News

District attorney's arguments in Tennessee Supreme Court libel case would undermine a free press

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Polincinski: We should protest proposed restrictions on White House protests

Oct. 15 event: Political Surveillance in Memphis - Then and Now

Ken Paulson: Examining First Amendment Rights on Campus

California appeals court says complete social media ban for juvenile offender goes too far

Federal appeals court upholds college’s punishment of student who sent lewd texts

Gene Policinski: Corrections should be seen as good things, not weapons for critics

First Amendment prohibits ICE from retaliating against immigrant rights activists, legal groups argue

Hudson: U.S. Supreme Court should review blanket ban on Prison Legal News

District attorney's arguments in Tennessee Supreme Court libel case would undermine a free press

Explore The First Amendment Encyclopedia

For News Media Interview

First Amendment Issues

Ken Paulson

Constitutional History

John R. Vile

Journalism Issues

Deborah Fisher

Student rights, public employee speech, commercial speech

David L. Hudson Jr.

About John Seigenthaler

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