Supreme Court to decide if web designer can turn away LGBTQ couples
In a move that pits laws against LGBTQ discrimination against freedom of speech under the First Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to take up a case of a Christian web designer in...
View ArticleFloyd Abrams: GOP-backed Fla. bill targeting the press is ‘plainly...
A bill by Florida Republicans that would relax the standards required for public officials to sue journalists and media organizations for libel is “plainly inconsistent with the First Amendment”...
View ArticleBiden criticizes GOP-led efforts to ban books
President Joe Biden criticized elected Republican officials for the increasingly widespread practice of banning books from America’s schools and libraries in prepared remarks delivered from the White...
View ArticleMajority of registered voters oppose refusing service to LGBTQ people
Results of a new poll conducted by the D.C.-based Data for Progress released last week showed that 65 percent of voters believe businesses should not be allowed to turn away customers who are of a...
View ArticleFederal judge: drag is ‘vulgar and lewd,’‘sexualized conduct’
Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a ruling Thursday denying relief to a group of university students who sought to host a drag show over the...
View ArticleHouse Republicans defend book bans in subcommittee hearing
During a hearing of the U.S. House Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education Subcommittee on Thursday, Chair Aaron Bean (R-Fla.) defended book bans that have disproportionately targeted...
View ArticleN.Y. AG joins multi-state brief in Colo. anti-trans discrimination case
New York Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday joined a brief by 18 other Democratic state attorneys general urging the Colorado Supreme Court to uphold a lower court ruling against Masterpiece...
View ArticleSupreme Court declines to hear case over drag show at Texas university
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined to hear a First Amendment case over a public university president’s refusal to allow an LGBTQ student group to host a drag show on campus. The group’s...
View ArticleA.I., TikTok, big tech, and the 2024 elections: Experts break down the risks
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could decide whether government actors can pressure social media companies to remove certain harmful content from their platforms....
View ArticleUniversity students have a right to protest
I support the right of students at Columbia University, and other colleges, to protest. They must understand they are protesting on private space. What I also find interesting is how many of them see...
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