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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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s law requiring children under 16 to get parental consent to use social media apps must be restored, a divided panel of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. firstamendmentwatch.org/court-orders-o…
A federal judge ordered immigration officials to release the president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque from detention June 18, finding that Salah Sarsour has raised a “substantial” claim he was being targeted for speaking out in favor of Palestinian rights. firstamendmentwatch.org/a-judge-orders…
The Federal Trade Commission and four states sued the World Professional Association for Transgender Health on Wednesday, in the latest push by President Donald Trump’s administration and others to limit gender-affirming care for transgender minors. firstamendmentwatch.org/federal-trade-…
Federal prosecutors have charged 15 people with impeding the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota, accusing them of conspiring against the federal government through a range of actions intended to block arrests and deportations.firstamendmentwatch.org/federal-prosec…
Author Amy Griffin sued a former classmate for defamation, saying the woman’s statements in a New York Times story and a subsequent lawsuit alleging Griffin appropriated her stories of sexual abuse for her bestselling 2025 memoir “The Tell” are false.firstamendmentwatch.org/author-amy-gri…
Tyra Banks has filed a defamation lawsuit against Netflix and the directors of its docuseries “Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model,” alleging that the producers stripped down hours of interview footage to construct a false narrative.firstamendmentwatch.org/tyra-banks-sue…
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a former Yosemite National Park ranger who was fired after flying a giant transgender pride flag from a rock wall that looms over the California park’s main thoroughfare. firstamendmentwatch.org/lawsuit-by-the…
Blake Lively can recover some legal costs from fellow actor and director Justin Baldoni but not punitive damages and other relief she sought after settling her legal claims over their 2024 film “It Ends With Us,” a judge ruled Friday.firstamendmentwatch.org/judge-awards-b…
Read more about the Virginia Declaration of Rights and the 250-year-old press clauses at the link below. firstamendmentwatch.org/first-amendmen…
250 years ago, the Virginia Declaration of Rights established the first constitutional protection for press freedom. Over the next two decades, the declaration inspired similar safeguards for press freedom in most state documents.
🎂250 years ago today, the Virginia Declaration of Rights included the first constitutional protection for press freedom in history — one that would eventually be enshrined in the Bill of Rights.📝 Read more on our commemoration page: firstamendmentwatch.org/first-amendmen…
Thanks to @FirstAmendWatch for the reminder: Today marks 250 years of press freedom in the United States! "The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.” — VA Decl. of Rights. firstamendmentwatch.org/celebrating-25…
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