For decades, the Supreme Court has interpreted the First Amendment as the protector of the nation’s news media:
News: Supreme Court to Tackle a Rare First Amendment Test of Freedom of Association
If you donated money to a controversial nonprofit organization, would you want the government to know about it and possibly make your name and address public?
A First Amendment Case That May Be Key to Trump’s Senate Trial
This column expresses the views of Tony Mauro, special correspondent for the Freedom Forum. Former President Donald Trump’s fiery Jan. 6 speech, made just before the U.S. Capitol riot began, led to his impeachment by the House of Representatives on a charge of “incitement of insurrection.”
Why a Little-Known 1996 Law Protecting the Flow of Internet Speech Got Caught Up in End-of-2020 Politics
This column expresses the views of Tony Mauro, special correspondent for the Freedom Forum. During the tumultuous tussle between Congress and President Donald J. Trump in recent weeks over stimulus payments and defense spending, a once-little-known and irrelevant piece of legislation dating back to 1996 kept popping up as a potential deal-breaker.
Did the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Restrictions at Houses of Worship Herald a Big Shift? Maybe Not
This column expresses the views of Tony Mauro, special correspondent for the Freedom Forum. Just before midnight on Thanksgiving Eve, the Supreme Court issued an opinion that undoubtedly disrupted turkey day for those who monitor the evolution of First Amendment doctrine — but did not appear to break new legal ground.
Justice Alito Sees Danger Ahead for First Amendment Religion and Speech Rights
This column expresses the views of Tony Mauro, special correspondent for the Freedom Forum. In a fiery speech Nov. 12 before the Federalist Society, conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr. offered a list of grievances about the state of individual rights in America, from the “unimaginable restrictions” imposed because of the pandemic to the […]
U.S. Supreme Court Considers Case at the Crossroads of Religious Freedom and LGBTQ Rights
This column expresses the views of Tony Mauro, special correspondent for the Freedom Forum. The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in an important First Amendment case that could result in a changed interpretation of the clause that protects the free exercise of religion.
Supreme Court Halts Ruling Aimed at Stifling the Right to Protest
This column expresses the views of Tony Mauro, special correspondent for the Freedom Forum. The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a lower court ruling, temporarily at least, that would have weakened the judiciary’s longstanding tradition of protecting the rights of protesters under the First Amendment’s rights of assembly and petition.
Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett’s Slim Judicial Record on First Amendment Issues
This column expresses the views of Tony Mauro, special correspondent for the Freedom Forum. Judge Amy Coney Barrett has a slim judicial record on First Amendment issues.
When RBG Took the Supreme Court to School on Jewish Traditions
This column expresses the views of Tony Mauro, special correspondent for the Freedom Forum. In articles and eulogies after the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Sept. 18, it was often mentioned that the door of her court chambers was adorned with a large silver mezuzah.