First Amendment

Kansas Newspaper Sues Over Police Raids – HotAir

Last year, we covered a shocking story out of Marion County, Kansas, where a small, locally owned newspaper was raided by the local police along with the home of the paper’s publisher. Multiple laptops, phones, and records were seized from the Marion County Record and its publisher, Eric Meyer. The reasons offered for the raid […]

Satanic Temple Files Lawsuit Against Memphis-Shelby County Schools

Image Credit: Canva The Tennessee Conservative [By Rebecca Scott] – The After School Satan Club (ASSC) and the Satanic Temple continue to set their sights on Chimneyrock Elementary School and Memphis-Shelby County Schools (MSCS).  On March 19, 2024 a lawsuit was filed on behalf of the Satanic Temple against MSCS which alleges that “MSCS is […]

SCOTUS Weighs How Heavily Govt Can Squelch Online Speech – HotAir

Today, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Murthy v. Missouri, one of several cases brought against federal officials by multiple states seeking to block them from using their influence over social media companies to suppress primarily conservative content and opinions. Lower courts have previously sided with the states in some of these cases, but […]

Judge Holds Herridge In Contempt for Refusing to Reveal Source – HotAir

Do journalists have a constitutional right to keep sources confidential? That question sits at the heart of a dispute over a Fox News report from Catherine Herridge seven years ago. Herridge, who recently got unceremoniously and strangely terminated by CBS News in the Paramount Minus downsizing, used a confidential source within federal law enforcement to […]

Unmasking The Hidden Tentacles Of Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying In Tennessee

Image Credit: cmh2315fl / CC & SuicideOmen / CC By Rob Mitchell [Rutherford County Assessor of Property] – The Erosion of Democracy: Tennessee’s democratic foundation is crumbling beneath the insidious practice of taxpayer-funded lobbying. This shadowy network, fueled by our own dollars, undermines the very principles we hold dear: free speech, fair representation, and transparent […]