First Amendment

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell fought the good fight on campaign finance reform and freedom of political speech under the First Amendment. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

Can Mitch McConnell stop President Obama’s political abuse of the IRS?

Mark Tapscott · February 3, 2014 5:00 am

Brett Mills, front, an FBI crime scene expert leaves the courtroom for a hearing for Aurora theater shooting suspect James Holmes at district court in Centennial, Colo., on Friday Jan. 31, 2014. Mills was on the stand when the judge recessed for lunch. Holmes has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to charges of killing 12 people and injuring 70 at a Denver-area movie theater in July 2012. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, Pool)

Holmes defense to take reporter to Supreme Court

Dan Elliott · February 1, 2014 12:33 am

Sen. Chuck Schumer's endorsement of President Obama's use of the IRS to target and harass Tea Party, conservative and evangelical nonprofits is further evidence that many contemporary liberals are comfortable using government power to squelch political opponents. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Examiner file)

Examiner Editorial: Liberals ready to use government power against Tea Party

Washington Examiner · January 26, 2014 5:00 am

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo drew the ire of conservatives when he said in a radio interview that extreme conservatives "have no place in the state of New York." (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

Andrew Cuomo shows that Left has forgotten what the First Amendment means

Cal Thomas · January 22, 2014 5:00 am

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that bloggers and the public have the same First Amendment protections as journalists when sued for defamation: If the issue is of public concern, plaintiffs have to prove negligence to win damages. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Court says bloggers have First Amendment protections

Associated Press · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

The explosion of independent online media in recent years has broken the institutional media's stranglehold on information, opening vast opportunities for people to obtain news and analysis from a wider variety of sources. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Examiner Editorial: Court affirms bloggers have same rights as traditional media

Washington Examiner · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

A three-judge panel for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a ruling last week that individual bloggers are subject to the same standards as members of the mainstream media in reporting on matters of public concern. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

Federal appeals court opinion upholds First Amendment rights of bloggers

Mark Tapscott · January 20, 2014 5:00 am

Bloggers have the same First Amendment protections as reporters, an appeals court ruled. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

Federal appeals court rules bloggers are real reporters under the First Amendment

Joel Gehrke · January 18, 2014 5:00 am

Citizens United upheld free speech rights for everybody, not just the elite

Luke Wachob · January 18, 2014 12:00 am

This photo taken Dec. 17 shows anti-abortion protester Eleanor McCullen, of Boston, standing at the painted edge of a buffer zone outside a Planned Parenthood location in Boston. The regulation of protests outside abortion clinics returns to the Supreme Court for the first time since 2000 to find the justices seemingly more protective of speech and less committed to abortion rights. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Free speech on abortion will lead to greater respect for life

Star Parker · January 17, 2014 5:00 am

Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm investigated the Wisconsin Club for Growth for alleged illegal "coordination" with Gov. Scott Walker's campaign during the state's recall election in 2012. (AP File)

Wisconsin activist tells prosecutor to back off or face civil rights lawsuit

M.D. Kittle · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

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Beltway Confidential

Target of secretive Wisconsin probe against conservative groups threatens to sue prosecutors

Philip Klein · January 15, 2014 5:00 am