The U.S. Supreme Court has come up with a new regulation banning demonstrations on its grounds, two days after a broader anti-demonstration law was declared unconstitutional.
In a case that could end with the Supreme Court deciding how much free speech to allow on its own doorstep, a federal judge has thrown out a law barring processions and expressive banners on the Supreme Court grounds.
Damages in a case involving Crivitz police and free speech won’t be determined until October.
In another blow to the nation’s dwindling labor unions, an appeals court on Tuesday struck down a federal rule that would have required millions of businesses to put up posters informing workers of their right to form a union.
Civil rights attorneys pressed a federal judge Wednesday to temporarily block the state’s Capitol access policy, arguing the rules stifle free speech and don’t serve any legitimate government interest.
12-1649 Embry v. City of Calumet City
When it comes to campaign finance reform, liberals largely are wrong and conservatives only offer a partial and shaky response.
On Friday I mentioned Tim Wu’s op-ed last week, which asked if machines “have a constitutional right to free speech”?
A state university didn’t violate the First Amendment when it disciplined a student in a professional program for posting disrespectful and threatening comments on her Facebook page, the Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled.
A judge on Wednesday blocked a federal requirement that would have begun forcing U.S. tobacco companies to put large graphic images on their cigarette packages later this year to show the dangers of smoking and encouraging smokers to quit lighting up.
If my first year of law school was any indication, first year law students are looking ahead to final exams during the coming weeks with some trepidation.
A judge on Monday blocked a federal requirement that would have begun forcing tobacco companies next year to put graphic images including dead and diseased smokers on their cigarette packages.
10-2661 Hutchins v. Clarke
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will decide if telling a lie about yourself is a crime — if the lie claims military medals you didn’t earn. The court said Monday it will rule on the constitutionality of a law that makes it a federal crime for people to claim [...]
MILWAUKEE (AP) – A federal judge has struck down Wisconsin campaign disclosure laws that required a Whitewater man to register before distributing flyers and postcards about a referendum. The laws require anyone who spends $25 to influence a referendum to register, disclose names of donors and include disclaimers saying who paid for materials. In March [...]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A Wisconsin student has filed a federal lawsuit challenging her school’s ban on breast cancer awareness bracelets. The Wisconsin State Journal reports in Friday’s editions that Sauk Prairie Middle School eighth-grader Kaisey Jenkins and her mother, Caran Braun, believe Principal Ted Harter’s ban on “I (heart) Boobies! (Keep a Breast)” bracelets [...]
Madison teachers filed suit against Gov. Scott Walker on Thursday claiming the state’s collective bargaining restrictions infringe on free speech rights.
Some State Bar of Wisconsin members are crying foul over a policy they say violates free speech at organization events.
You would think that litigation over free speech would go away. Is it really so much to ask of people that they refrain from outlawing others from saying what they want?
