Category: Free Speech
New York City Bans Phrase “Illegal Alien,” Punishes Violators With $250,000 Fines
Lady Liberty has been left crying again. The New York City Commission on Human Rights (NYCCHR) recently released a new guidance banning the phrase “illegal...
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Chicago ‘Speech Zones’ at City Park Prompt Lawsuit from Student Evangelists
A public park is a “quintessential public forum” that enjoys the highest protections for free speech. Government regulations that restrict speech in such areas are...
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Maryland Judge Upholds Government Censorship Of Free Speech
Yesterday The Daily Citizen’s Bruce Hausknecht wrote about a Maryland judge’s decision to uphold a therapy ban, here. This article picks up where he left...
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Federal Judge Upholds Maryland Ban on Talk Therapy for Minors with Unwanted Same-Sex Attraction or Gender Dysphoria
Maryland’s law prohibiting licensed therapists and counselors from talking to minors regarding their desire to deal with unwanted same-sex attractions or gender-identity issues has been...
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Love (And Free Speech) Wins on a Wisconsin College Campus
Handing out Valentine’s Day cards is a time-honored American tradition. I can remember participating in the yearly event back in elementary school starting as early...
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When Nondiscrimination Laws Get Ridiculous
Ann Arbor, Michigan dodged a federal lawsuit recently by agreeing not to enforce its local nondiscrimination ordinance against a couple of young, conservative entrepreneurs who...
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Snopes Continues Its Campaign Against the Babylon Bee
The Babylon Bee is every Christian’s trusted source for a humorous take on the day’s headlines. For those of you who aren’t yet fans of...
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First Amendment Trampled in Ann Arbor, Lawsuit Asserts
The city of Ann Arbor, Michigan prohibits “public accommodations” (i.e., businesses) from discriminating on the basis of, among other things, political beliefs. Historically, liberal cities...
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South Carolina Judge Imposes Graduation Prayer ‘Guidelines’ – Part Two
Today we address the second half of a federal judge’s order directing a South Carolina school district to follow nine “guidelines” she imposed on graduation...
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South Carolina Judge Imposes Graduation Prayer ‘Guidelines’ on School District – Part One
The Greenville County School District in South Carolina has been given a strict set of nine “guidelines” in the form of a federal court order...
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Pro-Life Sidewalk Counselors Ask Supreme Court to Strike Down Chicago “Bubble Zone” Ordinance
Sidewalk counselors at abortion clinics attempt to talk abortion-minded women entering such clinics into changing their minds, or at least to consider the pro-life information...
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Santa Clara University Won’t Listen to School’s Attorney; Declines to Recognize Conservative Club
The student senate at Santa Clara University in California twice now has rejected the application of Young America’s Foundation (YAF), a conservative student group seeking...
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Conservative Group Wins Big Against IRS
True the Vote (TTV), a voters’ rights organization, and other conservative, nonprofit organizations found it nearly impossible to obtain 501(c)(3) or (c)(4) tax-exempt designations...
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Student Club Denied Official Status, College Changes Policy After Lawsuit
Handling requests for “official status” of new student clubs at a public college cannot be left to the unbridled discretion of those in authority, because...
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Wide Disparity in Free Speech Attitudes on College Campuses
Many of us who constantly read news reports about campus disruptions over controversial speakers or requirements for using gender-bending pronouns or campus “speech codes”...
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Oklahoma Joins Growing List of States Protecting Campus Free Speech
The days of campus radicals disrupting or even preventing invited speakers from speaking by imposing a “heckler’s veto,” or timid university administrators shuttling unpopular...
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Free Speech Win for High School Christian Club in Pennsylvania
It’s a staple of free speech law: students do not shed their constitutional rights at the public schoolhouse gate. But properly balanced against that is...
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Government-Compelled Speech Rears Its Ugly Head Again
Tell me if this sounds familiar: a government entity passes a law requiring pro-life pregnancy care organizations—entities that offer pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, counseling, adoption referrals,...
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A Pretty Good Week for Free Speech
There are weeks when it’s hard to believe that freedom of speech is one of our country’s core values. It’s frequently in the news these...
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Hawaii Agrees to Protect Free Speech Rights of Pregnancy Resource Centers
In a little-noticed press release recently, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) had reached a settlement...
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“Conscience is the Most Sacred of All Property”
Being invited to The White House is a singular honor. You ascend the stairs to the State floor for a tuneful arrival. That’s because, as...
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Kentucky Legislature Passes Campus Free Speech Bill
By overwhelming majorities in the state Senate and House, Kentucky lawmakers have passed a campus free speech protection bill aimed at the state’s public (i.e., government-owned) universities...
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Censorship – No, You Can’t Say That
The Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment may prohibit the government from “abridging the freedom of speech,” but we’ve already learned in a previous...
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Current Developments in Free Speech at the Courts
This is a highly volatile time in our nation’s history where the ascendancy of radical secularism, coupled with various government entities favoring LGBT and abortion...
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