In the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent 5-4 decision forbidding New York state from enforcing certain COVID restrictions on houses of worship, Justice Neil Gorsuch comes off as the judicial embodiment of that notorious line from U.S. Sen. Barry Goldwater: “Extremism…
Talk about beating around the bush. According to Los Angeles Times reporter David Savage, lawyers for both sides in a trademark case regarding the word “FUCT” avoided uttering the the word during oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court this…
The battle over free speech raged in courtrooms, on college campuses, and on social media in 2018, with wedding cakes for same-sex couples and the federal government’s attack on sex workers taking center stage. In no particular order, are the…
In 2017 dissent, Trump SCOTUS pick Brett Kavanaugh found FCC’s “net neutrality” rule violated First Amendment San Bernardino County gang prosecutor suspended for Instagram post that called U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters a “loud-mouthed cunt” who deserves to be shot San…
Gunman kills five in attack on Capital Gazette newspaper offices in Annapolis, Maryland… …Seconds later, Fox News host Sean Hannity blames the attack on Rep. Maxine Waters and former President Barack Obama… Fox News host Sean Hannity blamed Democratic Rep….
U.S. Supreme Court issues narrow ruling in favor of Colorado baker who refused to make wedding cake for gay couple Queen Elizabeth awards Order of Merit to Catherine Healy, an activist for sex workers’ rights who helped to legalize prostitution…
Is Stormy Daniels’s cocky mouthpiece, Michael Avenatti, a First Amendment hero?… …Or is he a massive anti-free-speech douche? Jugglers, balloon artists, and buskers rejoice! Judge rules that Ocean City, Maryland, restrictions on boardwalk performers violate the First Amendment Feminists demand that…
In December the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that is likely to have long-lasting implications on how future federal courts will interpret the First Amendment’s provision that protects religious rights. Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights…
Since the early 1970s, Larry Flynt has fought an assortment of battles against extremist feminists, far-right religious nuts, and hypocritical cops and politicians to publish Hustler, his crude, blue-collar answer to more “mainstream” adult fare such as Playboy and Penthouse….
