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Missouri legislators demand Mizzou fire professor who violated First Amendment rights of student journalists

Watch: Yale students sign petition to repeal the First Amendment, banning free speech, religion and the right to petition the government

U.S. government bans First Amendment rights for weather scientists to hide truth on geoengineering and climate change

Federal court rules ...

Republicans launch attack on First Amendment

November 13, 2023 -

(Article republished from Revolver.news)

The Hill:

Lawler, alongside Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), Max Miller (R-Ohio) and Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.), introduced the Antisemitism Awareness Act in late October, which they hope will enable universities and law enforcement to go after antisemitic speech, which he described as hate speech.

Let’s face it, many Republicans have stumbled into the left’s “hate speech” trap. They may not see it, but they’re effectively ...

RFK Jr. is pro-Second Amendment, pro-First Amendment, anti-war and pro-border security

June 08, 2023 -

Unlike most other Democrats, Kennedy supports free speech and the First Amendment, for one. He expressed gratitude to Musk for at least starting the difficult job of rooting out censorship, even if he has made some questionable decisions as of late.

"Free speech and the free flow of information is the water, the sunlight, the fertilizer, and the soil of democracy – without it, democracy withers and dies," Kennedy said, still mischaracterizing the United States ...

Facebook Files show more government collusion to destroy the First Amendment

August 02, 2023 -

In a lengthy social media thread, Jordan unpacked the so-called Facebook Files, which, like the Twitter Files, are loaded with once-internal documents showing that Facebook broke the law and conspired with the federal government to overrule Americans' First Amendment right.

"Never-before-released internal documents subpoenaed by the Judiciary Committee PROVE that Facebook and Instagram censored posts and changed their content moderation policies because of unconstitutional ...

MSNBC openly attacks First Amendment, says free speech leaves American democracy “vulnerable”

a month ago -

In a recent segment on "The Rachel Maddow Show," the University of Michigan law professor complained that it is precisely America's "deep commitment to free speech" that makes the country susceptible to "misinformation."

The author of a new book we will not bother to mention here, McQuade says her "goal" in attacking the First Amendment in her new book is to spark a "national conversation about truth and our commitment to it."

"I hope that by dissecting it, ...

ABSURD: Washington Post calls for abolition of First Amendment to stop “antisemitism”

December 18, 2023 -

An op-ed piece written by University of Pennsylvania law professor Claire Finkelstein and published in the Post attempts to make the case for the abolition of free speech in America, all so Jews do not have to deal with "antisemitism" on campus.

Ironically, Finkelstein is a member of Penn's Open Expressions Committee. She is also chair of the law school's committee on academic freedom.

In Finkelstein's view, it is a problem that students have the First Amendment ...

First Amendment victory: Schools may no longer police students’ social media posts

June 25, 2021 -

This is a landmark decision affecting school districts nationwide. School administrators and resource officers are known to surveil student conduct and speech posted online. According to the new Supreme Court ruling, school administrators will no longer have an incentive to police students’ social media posts because they no longer have the legal authority to punish students or censor them for the things they say off campus.High school punishes student for expressing her ...

News site sues NewsGuard and U.S. government for defamation and First Amendment violations

November 21, 2023 -

The suit was filed by Consortium News against NewsGuard and the U.S. government. It accuses the parties of colluding to censor their foreign policy reporting, defaming them and violating the First Amendment. They are seeking $13 million in damages, along with an injunction deeming the partnership between NewsGuard and the government unconstitutional.

The complaint said that NewsGuard is “acting jointly or in concert with the United States to coerce news organizations ...

LAPD’s warning of “possible First Amendment activity” in a post draws backlash from netizens

December 13, 2023 - first amendment activity' term? Protests. Say 'protests.' And when (not if) those protests turn violent, call them 'riots.' Because they're riots. Good Lord."

Mr T 2, on the other hand, posted: "Government is warning people of 'first amendment activity.' If it isn't an indication that we live in a police state, I don't know what is."

FeniX Ammunition warned: "Possible First Amendment activity? You f#ck!ng serious? This is where we're heading, ...

Military contractors in U.S., U.K. plotting global censorship scheme to erase the First Amendment

December 12, 2023 -

The so-called Censorship Industrial Complex first got its start in response to Brexit and the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States in 2016. Ever since then, the silencing brigade has been upping the ante by making it increasingly more difficult to share the truth online.

"Many people insist that governments aren't involved in censorship, but they are," says Michael Shellenberger. "And now, a whistleblower has come forward with an explosive new ...

RFK Jr. sues YouTube, Google over “misinformation policies” that violated his First Amendment rights

August 08, 2023 -

The 2024 presidential candidate says YouTube flat-out engaged in a "censorship campaign" against him that included removing videos of his speech at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire, as well as interviews he did with clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson and podcaster Joe Rogan.

Filed on August 2 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Kennedy's complaint alleges that the United States government under fake president Joe Biden has taken ...

“Hate speech” bill passes the Michigan House, conservatives warn it threatens First Amendment rights

June 25, 2023 -

The proposed legislation, HB 4474, would amend the state's Ethnic Intimidation Act of 1988 to consider it a hate crime if a person is accused of causing "severe mental anguish" to another individual through perceived verbal intimidation or harassment. The amendment defines the words intimidate or harass as a "willful course of conduct, involving repeated or continuing harassment of another individual that would cause a reasonable individual to feel terrorized, frightened, intimidated, ...

Globalist World Health Organization planning to ABOLISH the First Amendment in America, Bret Weinstein tells Tucker

January 15, 2024 -

The year 2024 seems to be the year that the First Amendment to the Constitution goes on the chopping block, all in the name of protecting the public against medical "misinformation" – and even though doing so is both unconstitutional and illegal.

"I know that it sounds preposterous, (but) the ability to do it is currently under discussion at the international level, and it's almost impossible to exaggerate how troubling what is being discussed is," Weinstein ...

Missouri v. Biden seeing tremendous progress as DOJ gets EVISCERATED for clueless disregard towards First Amendment

August 17, 2023 -

The sweeping censorship case has been moving right along for several months now, with a three-judge panel in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals having recently heard oral arguments from both sides about the matter. In a nutshell, it is really not looking good for Biden's Department of Justice (DOJ), which bumbled around and failed to present a valid defense as part of its appeal.

In case you missed it, a preliminary injunction in Missouri v. Biden placed new restrictions ...