supreme court Pete Buttigieg makes short work of Fox News reporter who tried to entrap him with a tweet his husband made Mark Frauenfelder

supreme court Clarence Thomas wants to make it easier to sue the media for defamation Mark Frauenfelder

free speech Arizona legislators approve ban on filming police Rob Beschizza

florida Assailed for muzzling professors, University of Florida will now permit them to testify in court as experts Rob Beschizza

alabama Yoga no longer banned in Alabama schools, but "namaste" is Thom Dunn

cars The fascinating free speech history of American license plates Thom Dunn

fbi After being investigated for his blog post, Cory Doctorow sent this FOIA request to the FBI Mark Frauenfelder

censorship Libertarian social media site Parler asks government to force private businesses to do commerce with them Thom Dunn

COVID-19 Georgia school principal suspended the student who posted video of crowded hallway of maskless students Mark Frauenfelder

religion Federal Court: Kentucky discriminated by disallowing "IM GOD" license plate David Pescovitz

art Student painting depicting police office as pig pulled from art show at government building David Pescovitz

picks Intelligence officials sue to end pre-publication government review of writings Xeni Jardin

trump Federal judge: Lawsuit against Andrew Anglin of 'Daily Stormer' can proceed, Nazi hate speech isn't protected Xeni Jardin

politics CNN sues Trump and White House aides over Jim Acosta ban Xeni Jardin

picks This 'Emoji First Amendment' coffee mug supports good journalism ☕ Xeni Jardin

law 3D printed guns just cleared a major legal hurdle Andrea James

first amendment Playboy is suing Boing Boing – but linking is not copyright infringement Boing Boing

police JOHN WILCOCK: Allen Ginsberg's HOWL and THE DEATH OF LENNY BRUCE Ethan Persoff

first amendment Woman fired for flipping off Trump's motorcade gets nearly $60k in crowdfunding support Mark Frauenfelder

black lives matter The insincerity of your protest is deafening Jason Weisberger