First Amendment, Media News
Big institutions retreat from First Amendment fight
Media, universities and law groups forgo legal challenges as Trump reshapes Washington and curtails free-speech protections Many powerful law.
First Amendment, Media News, Midwest
“Chilling effects”: Do we need heroes?
American legal analysis is filled with colorful metaphors: “fruit of the poisonous tree”; “slippery slope”; “opening the door”; the.
Media News, Midwest
Court ruling puts names back in court
Names are back in Missouri state courts. Pleadings are again understandable to everyone, not just insiders. As a result,.
News, Opinion, Police Accountability Project
Essay: Defining good policing and building a framework for collaborative change
Policing is an essential component of public safety, but it has become hyper-politicized and polarized to the detriment of.
Media
First Amendment is no refuge for Clippers owner’s remarks
By WILLIAM H. FREIVOGEL / Whether viewed from a legal, moral or ethical vantage point, the lifetime ban that NBA commissioner Adam Silver imposed on racist Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling was just and correct. After Silver announced the punishment, the Twittersphere exploded with claims that the NBA had violated Sterling’s First Amendment right to free speech. The problem with that argument is the first word of the First Amendment: Congress.