First Amendment

Former Attorney General Bill Barr has countered former President Donald Trump‘s legal defense against his recent indictment, stating that the 2020 election case does not run "afoul of the First Amendment." What Happened: In a conversation with Major Garrett on CBS’s...

Hester Peirce, a Commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission, has criticized agency Chair Gary Gensler’s recent proposals to include decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols under the umbrella of “exchange” in a new speech.  What Happened: Peirce, popularly known as...

Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey announced he was stepping down from the CEO role in November 2021. The news came with the announcement that Twitter’s Chief Technology Officer Parag Agrawal would become the new CEO of the social media platform company. Agrawal served as...

In a case with potential First Amendment repercussions, the U.S. Department of Justice is demanding the IP addresses of people who visited a website that helps organize protests against President Donald Trump, according to the hosting domain. The hosting domain Dreamhost said in a blog post that it...

The story is as old as journalism: the tension between a public servant’s urge to do the right thing while breaking the law, spilling secrets in the process and paying a price when it gets published. Reality Winner, a private defense contractor with security clearance, sits in jail today...

On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review two cases, among more than 30, in which for-profit companies claimed the Affordable Care Act’s birth control provision mandate violates both their religious beliefs and the First Amendment. The two cases involve privately held Hobby Lobby and...