Freedom of Speech
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Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton
2024 Term of Court: The Texas legislature enacted a statute requiring Internet web sites that published pornographic, but otherwise legal visualizations of sex, to condition viewer access upon proof, capable of Internet verification, that the viewer is at least 18 years of age. The explicitly stated purpose of that statute was to prevent minors from Continue reading
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TIKTOK V. GARLAND
(decided January 17, 2025) In this case, the Court ruled that a federal statute requiring the divestiture of TikTok, Inc., from its parent corporation, Bytedance, Ltd., before TikTok could continue operating its unique, and extremely popular social media platform in the United States, did not violate the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Continue reading
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STATES CAN BE LIABLE FOR VIOLATING FREE SPEECH RIGHTS THROUGH NON-SPEAKING INTERMEDIARIES
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that “Congress shall make no law. . . abridging the freedom of speech . . ..” The 14th Amendment extends that prohibition to the states of the Union in general. See U.S. Const., Amendment XIV, § 1. In National Rifle Association v. Vullo, decided on May Continue reading
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