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When Controversial Speakers Come to Campus

Tuesday August 22, 2017

By Clay Calvert College campuses often are crucibles for free-speech controversies. The first eight months of 2017 were no exception, witnessing multiple incidents where conservative speakers like …
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Jasmine McNealy Pens Article on Spam Email First Amendment Challenges

Wednesday August 2, 2017

Jasmine McNealy, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications Telecommunication assistant professor, is the author of “Spam and the First Amendment Redux: Free Speech Issues in …
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Is There a First Amendment Right to Follow President Trump’s Twitter Account?

Tuesday June 27, 2017

By Clay Calvert President Donald Trump’s fondness for criticizing news organizations, “heckling journalists” and spouting points of public policy via his Twitter account is clear. News of his …
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Ministry of Truth a Looming Danger

Wednesday June 21, 2017

By Austin Vining The federal government recently established a department tasked with identifying truth. Department officials search for errors in news, entertainment, the arts and books and fix them …
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Neil Gorsuch and the First Amendment

Monday March 13, 2017

By Clay Calvert Senate Judiciary Committee hearings for United States Supreme Court justice nominee Neil Gorsuch are fast approaching. It’s time to consider some key questions about First …
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Fake News, Censorship and the Third-Person Effect

Monday March 13, 2017

By Clay Calvert The aftermath of Donald J. Trump’s stunning victory over Hillary Clinton brought with it much handwringing in news media circles and on social media platforms about the dangers …
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Amazon v. NYT: A Case in the Court of Public Opinion

Wednesday March 2, 2016

Understanding the battle between Amazon.com and The New York Times. Was it simply bad …
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Can Schools Punish Students for Off-campus, Online Speech?

Tuesday January 12, 2016

The Supreme Court will soon decide if it will hear a case involving the off-campus speech rights of …

Washington Post cites Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project brief

Monday November 24, 2014

The friend-of-the-court brief filed by the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project with the U.S. Supreme Court in the true threats case of Elonis v. United States is cited in the Nov. 24, 2014 …