Protecting the Protectors
By Jesse Singal - Jan 13th, 2009 at 11:26 amThis Los Angeles Times column on student journalism is worth checking out. Most notable is a new state law that “prohibits administrators from retaliating against…
Posts Tagged ‘First Amendment’
We Don’t Need Laws Against Hate Speech
By Jesse Singal - Jan 7th, 2009 at 5:05 pmI’ve argued before that laws restricting certain types of offensive speech are a bad idea, and I think this story out of Boston is a…
Won’t Somebody Think of Little Adolf Hitler Campbell?
By Bradley Portnoy - Dec 16th, 2008 at 10:28 amCause: You name your kid Adolf Hitler Campbell.
Effect: You might have trouble getting a bakery to inscribe the name on a birthday cake.
Deborah…
Freedom of Speech vs. Intolerance at a College Publication
By David Spett - Dec 8th, 2008 at 10:52 amWhen a story about a college paper hits Jim Romenesko’s web site, a news hub for journalists, it’s a big deal–at least in the media…
We’re All Offended
By Jesse Singal - Dec 5th, 2008 at 3:26 pmI don’t often disagree with Russ, but I do in this case. Discussing a rather stridently worded pro-atheism sign placed outside the Washington Legislative Building…
Analogy Fail
By Jamelle Bouie - Nov 4th, 2008 at 10:49 amIn First Amendment news, the Supreme Court is preparing to consider a case which will decide whether government (at all levels) is required to permit…
Internet Censorship: Subtle, Non-Governmental, and Totally Legal
By Masoud Shafaee - Jul 22nd, 2008 at 3:57 pmA new trend is emerging in which Internet service providers (ISPs) and other network operators are taking voluntary measures to enforce copyright laws and combat…
George Carlin’s Wonderful, Important Offensiveness
By Jesse Singal - Jun 23rd, 2008 at 10:11 amGeorge Carlin has died at 71, and I want to do that blogger thing where I provide my unsolicited opinion on the matter. Carlin had…
More on the Judge With “Porn” on His Server
By Emily Rutherford - Jun 18th, 2008 at 9:27 amI blogged last week about the rather ridiculous circumstances under which the chief judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Alex Kozinski, was removed…
When Are Stereotypes “All in Good Fun”?
By Jessica Hillyard - Jun 16th, 2008 at 9:00 amReading Jesse’s earlier post about freedom of speech and Kwame’s take on Fox News’ “baby mama” flap, I was reminded of a very moving Disgrasian…
Lessig on Kozinski
By Matt Zeitlin - Jun 13th, 2008 at 4:44 pmLegal scholar and Internet guru Lawrence Lessig wrote a great blog post on the Alex Kozinski scandal (which Emily blogged about about here). To briefly…
