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Category: Constitutional Issues

News Analysis: ‘This is not normal’: First Amendment faces extraordinary pressures in the wake of Kirk assassination

Constitutional Issues
September 19, 2025September 22, 2025
by William Freivogel

Hunter Mays and Elijah Dickerson hold American flags in the air during an evening candlelight vigil held for Charlie Kirk Sept 14, 2025 in Marion, Illinois. (Lylee Gibbs | @lyleegibbsphoto)

News Analysis: Big institutions retreat from First Amendment fight

Constitutional Issues
September 12, 2025September 15, 2025
by William Freivogel

This project is supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Media, universities and law groups forgo legal challenges as……

News Analysis: The First Amendment is for everyone — equally

Constitutional Issues
September 12, 2025September 15, 2025
by William Freivogel

This project is supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. The First Amendment protects everyone’s freedom — Nazis, Klansmen,……

FCC investigations under Trump could hurt broadcasters

Constitutional Issues
February 27, 2025July 8, 2025
by Katie Kwasneski

President Donald Trump’s new Federal Communications Commission chairman Brendan Carr has begun multifaceted investigations of national news organizations for reasons……

Opinion: Constitutional watchdogs shrink from checking presidential abuse of power

Constitutional Issues
February 6, 2025July 8, 2025
by William H. Freivogel

While President Donald Trump unleashes a torrent of legally questionable exertions of power, Congress sits by compliantly, the U.S. Supreme……

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