First Amendment

Charlie Kirk, Hate Speech and the First Amendment

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The fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University has unleashed a significant and controversial political backlash that is reshaping national debates on hate speech, free speech and the limits of government power in the United States. Within days of the killing, President Donald Trump and his administration launched sweeping attacks on … Read more

Supreme Court: States Can Card You Online

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The Supreme Court upheld Texas’s H.B. 1181, a law requiring commercial websites that distribute sexually explicit content to verify that users are at least 18 years old. The law targets material considered obscene for minors but not necessarily for adults. Petitioners representing the pornography industry challenged the statute as a violation of the First Amendment, … Read more