Have to call this out.
This bill has already passed the house.
A trojan horse of a bill that will undermine the first Amendment and the people's rights.
What's in this bill that fascist Republicans are thrilled about?
Hey, Trump!
It’s Memorial Day, you lying, cheating, craven, racist, bigoted, misogynist, LGBTQ+phobic, five-time draft-dodging, dictator ass-kissing, insurrectionist, strongman wannabe piece of shit!
Yeah, brave men and women — made the ultimate sacrifice — so that I can publicly speak truth, while you shamelessly tell lies. #MemorialDay#1stAmendment#Trump#FuckDonaldTrump
80% of the #protestors arrested at Arizona State were not students.
UPDATE: ASU officials said most of the 69 people who were arrested for setting up an encampment at the Tempe campus overnight were not students, staff or faculty.
What if any, is the substantive difference between a #TikTok ban (or forced divestiture) and banning RT or Xinhua from app stores? Scale is one. Algorithmic transparency (or the lack of an algorithm on traditional media) is another. But does that matter to a #1stAmendment analysis? #lawfedi#law
This bill isn’t just bad for LGBTQ folks it’s more invasive than the patriot act and if you think it won’t be used against unions and people trying to organize to fight fascism please think more deeply.
“There’s considerable irony in that those who seek 2 limit access 2 #books in school libraries often say they’re fighting 4 #ParentalRights,” said #KenPaulson, director of #FreeSpeechCenter @ #MiddleTennesseeStateUniversity. “If government #speech determines what books can be in the #library, the government is essentially saying your children can only see the ideas that the government has approved.
I want to note the incredible disparities at play here. Any average person could never afford to judge shop like this, yet Elon's lawyer chooses the most beneficial district for his vanity lawsuit. While many of us listened this morning to an appeals court bend over backward to protect Trump's #1stAmendment rights as he posts incendiary material about judges, clerks, and jurors, clearly threatening their lives.
I know this is civil vs criminal. They're different cases. Blah. Blah. But....
Appeals court suggests it may pare back #Trump’s DC #GagOrder
Panel weighs #1stAmendment protections for Trump’s speech as presidential candidate against danger posed by his verbal attacks on witnesses, prosecutors & the court in 2020 election case
An American woman got a ticket for beeping her car horn. Now she's asking the U.S. Supreme Court to sound off.
USA Today explains her argument: "Since the dawn of the automobile, car horns have sometimes served as a form of expression. Because of that, Porter says, beeping is protected under the First Amendment."
The case will hinge on a simple principle: Freedom to criticize the government is at the core of the First Amendment...
Prosecutors recognized the arrest was bogus and dismissed the case. But Gonzalez still got handcuffed, frisked, and sent to jail, where she spent hours on a cold metal bench, wearing an orange jail shirt and avoiding the restroom, which had no doors...
4 shorts Friday night on Canal Street. Outstanding work all, and a pleasure to see and hear from the makers of "For The Record" in person (Heather Courtney, Paul Stekler).
#MAGA#republicans are trying to use the #1stAmendment to interfere with the scientific community and the government providing facts, that’s right folks, #facts, to the people of American.
They don’t want you to learn the truth about #covid or many things by spewing their lies and then crying #freespeech! “We have the right to lie!”
I dare say, not when it interferes with public or individual safety.
Just a note: if you're defending the abstract principle of free speech while using the repressed speech of Nazis as an example? You're defending Nazis.
If you want to defend the abstract principle of free speech, find a different group whose speech has been repressed to do it. I guarantee you there are many examples.
Central to the #14thAmendment is the principle that no #state shall "deny to any person within its jurisdiction the #equalprotection of the #laws." This serves as a resolute reinforcement of the 1st Amendment's protections, assuring equal application without #discrimination. (3/8)
@Teri_Kanefield
Exactly. We'll be seeing lots of parsing of "What IS political speech? What is a threat?" #Trump is working the PUBLIC, to play victim using his definitions.
And now, on a Saturday, (appearing unwilling to waste much time) Judge Chutkan has given Donald Trump until 5pm ET Monday to respond to the special counsel's motion for a protective order following Trump's ostensible threat post on social media:
@Brandi_Buchman@emptywheel
I think we'll be seeing lots of parsing of "What is a threat?" &
"Who decides if it is a violation of the conditions?"
We care about that, but watch how #Trump will work the PUBLIC, to play victim using their definition, NOT the legal one.
His Social Media strategy is to question the language, #1stAmendment & #freespeech BTW, #TruthSocial has TOS defining threats & forbidding them, but they say they don't HAVE to remove people who make them.