Washington Press Corps Catches Up to 2002, Discovers Surveillance State
We’ve had three big stories this week, each showing how the right plays the scandal game better than the left. Of the three, one is a non-scandal ...
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The First Amendment protects more than the press
The Obama administration announced this week that it is throwing its support behind the press shield law that has been stalled in Congress since time ...
Judge: Online remarks free speech in Cooperstown case
A judge ruled this week that remarks posted on the Internet that criticized the father of a Cooperstown teen who was shot by a classmate in 2010 were ...
Facebook's like feature faces free-speech test in sheriff firing
Danny Carter shocked colleagues when the Hampton, Virginia, jailer posted a picture of his boss's opponent in the sheriff's race on his Facebook page ...
Daily Caller: US Government Document Supports Sharia Law?
Conservative blog The Daily Caller is criticizing a 2011 Department of Homeland Security document, claiming the document proves the Obama ...
If the press isn't free, neither are you
A free press is essential to keep government power in check, says Jacob Rees-Mogg
Ag Gag Laws Sputtering
Laws meant to crack down on farm whistleblowers, commonly referred to as “ag gag” laws, have been drawing fire around the country from various ...
Congressional Outrage Over AP Phone Records
To steal a line from Rep. Virginia Foxx, the gentlewoman from North Carolina: This is our shocked face. Far be it for us to complain about Congress ...
"The First Amendment doesn't belong to courts. Either it lives inside all of us or it dies."
"Is our culture so degraded that educated civil servants don't know enough about free speech to slap an idea like this down at its inception?" ...
IRS foot-dragging on tax-exempt status is stifling nonprofit investigative journalism
In discussions of IRS-gate, comparisons abound to an earlier scandal that brought down a president and made many political and journalistic ...