Editing federal employees’ emails to blame Democrats for shutdown violated their First Amendment rights, judge says

A federal judge ruled Friday that the Department of Education violated the First Amendment rights of some agency employees ...

Judge says Education Dept. partisan out-of-office emails violated First Amendment

A federal judge says the Trump administration "overplayed its hand" by inserting partisan language into workers' ...
Government Executive

Labor groups warn of ‘gaping hole’ in First Amendment if court OKs Trump’s anti-union orders

Attorneys for the nation’s largest federal employee union warned this week that the August decision to allow President Trump’s executive orders stripping two-thirds of the federal workforce of their ...
WGN-TV

Judge says federal agents violated First Amendment rights during protests at Broadview ICE facility; charges dropped against some protesters

CHICAGO (WGN) – The Dirksen Federal Courthouse saw a fair share of activity on Wednesday all centered around protests at the Broadview ICE facility and the conduct of federal agents. Luci Mazur was ...

NPR has made a "very substantial showing" in its effort to protect the First Amendment rights of the public media system, says federal judge

Today NPR marked a significant milestone in our case to protect First Amendment rights for the public media system.
WLRN

Federal judge overturns part of Florida’s book ban law, drawing on precedent protecting First Amendment

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. James B. Blasingame is professor of English at Arizona ...
Tallahassee Democrat

Do First Amendment rights apply in school libraries? A federal judge said no

A Florida federal judge ruled that a school district's removal of an LGBTQ+ book did not violate First Amendment rights. The judge stated that school libraries are not public forums and curating books ...
Fox News

Federal judge rules public charter school violated church's First Amendment rights

A federal judge in Idaho ruled that a public charter school violated a church’s First Amendment rights when it canceled a lease that allowed the church to hold Sunday services inside its gymnasium.
New York Sun

Federal Judge Blocks Texas From Enforcing Law Giving the First Amendment a ‘Bedtime’ by Banning Overnight Protest Encampments

A federal judge is preventing Texas from enforcing a law that critics said could lead to universities punishing students for “chatting with friends” late at night. The law, Senate Bill 2972, prohibits ...