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While praising Charlie Kirk’s commitment to free speech, Texas leaders move to punish students celebrating his death

Gov. Greg Abbott called for a student to be expelled for celebrating Kirk’s death. Legal experts say the student’s speech is likely constitutionally protected.

The Texas Tribune

Mississippi Judge Orders Newspaper To Take Down Editorial Criticizing City Board for Secrecy

Free speech experts say the takedown order is a clear example of unconstitutional prior restraint under the First Amendment.

Reason

Court Orders Newspaper to Remove Editorial Critical of City of Clarksdale (Miss.) Officials

I was traveling yesterday (and I'm continuing the trip today), so I didn't have the time to put something of… The post Court Orders Newspaper to Remove Editorial Critical of City of Clarksdale (Miss.) Officials appeared first on Reason.com.

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Judge orders Mississippi newspaper to delete editorial criticizing public officials

First Amendment lawyers and press freedom advocates blast blatantly ‘unconstitutional’ order

The Independent UK

First Amendment Coalition, LaRoe & Volokh v. Chiu

We're challenging a California statute that bans publishing "information relating to a sealed arrest."

Reason

Suspended Texas A&M professor denies saying Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick believes overdose victims “deserve to die”

Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham alleged Wednesday that opioids expert Joy Alonzo told students in a guest lecture that “Your Lt. Governor says those kids deserve to die.” Alonzo denied the claims.

The Texas Tribune

Texas A&M suspends prof for GOP critique

Opioid crisis expert Joy Alonzo raised questions about the extent of political interference in higher education

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Texas A&M suspended professor accused of criticizing Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in lecture

The professor, an expert on the opioids crisis, was placed on paid administrative leave and investigated, raising questions about the extent of political interference in higher education, particularly in health-related matters.

The Texas Tribune

Undercover agents saw nothing ‘lewd’ at Orlando drag show. Florida is going after venue anyway

When the historic Plaza Live theater in Orlando hosted an event last December called “A Drag Queen Christmas,” the show drew a full house, noisy street demonstrators — and a small squad of undercover state agents there to document whether children were being exposed to sights that ran afoul of…

McClatchy Washington Bureau

A Florida Bill To Censor Professors Just Got Even Worse

The bill now bans a battery of poorly-defined "Critical Theory" concepts, and prevents schools from funding programs that promote "diversity, equity, and inclusion."

Reason

New Jersey Town That Sued a Woman for Public Records Requests Now Wants Lawyer Prosecuted for Same Thing

Irvington made national headlines last year when it filed a lawsuit against an 82-year-old woman for filing too many public records requests. Now it says a lawyer for FIRE should be prosecuted.

Reason

FIRE's and My Amicus Brief on Connecticut's "Racial Ridicule" Law

FIRE has the details, though you can also read the full brief (written by FIRE's Adam Steinbaugh and me, with many thanks to our excellent local counsel Zachary Phillipps of Wofsey Rosen Kewskin & Kuriansky, LLP). I've been writing about this law since 2010, so I'm especially pleased to have…

Reason

Judge blocks DeSantis' "dystopian" law

GOP's "Stop WOKE Act" violates the First Amendment, federal court rules

Salon

‘WOKE Act’ is ‘dystopian,’ judge says in banning it at public colleges, universities

A federal judge on Thursday ordered Florida to stop enforcing its new “Stop WOKE Act” at the state’s public colleges and universities.

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This Tennessee Town Claims Restricting Protests Helps 'Facilitate' the First Amendment

A new ordinance in Franklin will restrict evening and weekend protests and subject violators to misdemeanor charges.

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New Jersey Town Sues Elderly Woman for Filing Too Many Public Records Requests

Irvington Township says it's being bullied by 82-year-old Elouise McDaniel and is asking a court to block her from filing public records requests.

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