Freedom of Speech Archives

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

Crystal L. Cox was sued for defamation by Bend attorney Kevin Padrick and his company, Obsidian Finance Group LLC, after she made posts on several websites she created accusing them of fraud, corruption, money-laundering and other illegal activities. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Technology

Court: Bloggers have First Amendment protections

Associated Press -

January 18, 2014 5:00 am

Op-Eds

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)

Columnists

Free speech on abortion will lead to greater respect for life

Star Parker -

January 17, 2014 5:00 am

Real estate agents are avoiding once-popular terms such as

Op-Eds

You can’t say that … in a real estate ad!

Gabriella Morrongiello -

January 15, 2014 5:00 am

Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm investigated the Wisconsin Club for Growth for alleged illegal

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

M.D. Kittle -

January 15, 2014 5:00 am

Beltway Confidential

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

Philip Klein -

January 15, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this Dec. 2, 2012 file photo, television host Jimmy Kimmel, attends a reception hosted by President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama honoring the 2012 Kennedy Center Honors recipients, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. The White House has responded to a petition on the White House website calling for an apology and the removal of Jimmy Kimmel's television show, by saying the comedian can't be forced off the air. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

White House

White House: Government can’t force Jimmy Kimmel off air

Associated Press -

January 11, 2014 5:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Will the ‘New School’ arrive in time to save American higher education?

Mark Tapscott -

January 6, 2014 12:00 am

Columnists

‘Duck Dynasty’ controversy should remind Christians what they stand for

Cal Thomas -

December 25, 2013 5:00 am

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Tag: Freedom of Speech

Federal appeals court opinion upholds First Amendment rights of bloggers

Court: Bloggers have First Amendment protections

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

Free speech on abortion will lead to greater respect for life

You can’t say that … in a real estate ad!

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

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

White House: Government can’t force Jimmy Kimmel off air

Will the ‘New School’ arrive in time to save American higher education?

‘Duck Dynasty’ controversy should remind Christians what they stand for

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