First Amendment Watch @FirstAmendWatch
Project of New York University. We cover threats to the First Amendment freedoms of speech, press, assembly, and petition. Firstamendmentwatch.org New York, NY Joined March 2017-
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A restraining order has been issued that blocks the Montana Republican Party from enacting new bylaws intended to drive nonconformists out of the party ranks. firstamendmentwatch.org/district-court…
The New York Times, the Daily News and other media outlets are asking a federal judge to impose sanctions on OpenAI, escalating a fight over artificial intelligence and copyright that could shape the future of a struggling news industry.firstamendmentwatch.org/news-outlets-u…
@TheFIREorg Check out The SLAPP Back Initiative, a first-of-its-kind national database of alleged SLAPPs, to learn more about cases like this one at the link below. slappback.org
@TheFIREorg The statute allows defendants to file a special motion to dismiss suits like these before legal costs add up. ifs.org/anti-slapp-sta…
On June 26, an Idaho judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit against Idaho conservation officer Gary Gadwa for inactivity. fire.org/news/victory-c…
In 2021, following construction of what appeared to be an airstrip on his ranch, Boren applied for a conditional use permit for a “designated county airstrip” in the federally protected Sawtooth National Recreation Area.
E. Jean Carroll can be paid the $5.8 million that was set aside after a jury found three years ago that President Trump sexually abused her in 1996 before he became president and defamed her after she publicly revealed the attack, a judge ruled today.firstamendmentwatch.org/judge-orders-e…
ABC is continuing to fight back forcefully against efforts by federal regulators to reopen the question of whether its popular talk show “The View” is subject to equal time rules. firstamendmentwatch.org/abc-fights-bac…
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to block Texas from enforcing a state law that requires apps stores to verify users’ ages and obtain parental consent for minors seeking to download apps or make in-app purchases on mobile phones.firstamendmentwatch.org/supreme-court-…
An upstate New York resident sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for sending federal officers to his house with a warning over an email he sent to the agency’s one-time head. firstamendmentwatch.org/new-york-resid…
A federal judge in Arkansas has thrown out a handful of state laws that put extra restrictions on citizen efforts to gather signatures for ballot initiatives, agreeing with challengers that they violated the constitutional free speech rights of voters. firstamendmentwatch.org/challengers-sc…
A federal judge has ordered the Defense Department to temporarily halt a requirement that journalists be accompanied by an official escort, another legal setback for the Trump administration’s efforts to restrict media access at the Pentagon.firstamendmentwatch.org/judge-orders-p…
A second upstate New York resident said June 30 that federal officers have served him with a warning about online activity that criticized U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.firstamendmentwatch.org/another-new-yo…
A pair of federal judges struck down a Trump administration overhaul to a public service forgiveness program for student loans, ruling June 30 in separate cases in favor of advocates who said the program risked becoming a tool for political retribution.firstamendmentwatch.org/judges-strike-…
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