Institute for Free Speech to defend petition rights at the Eighth Circuit
Can a state government fine someone simply for talking to state legislators? In a rare move, the entire Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to rehear Calzone v. Missouri Ethics Commission in an...
View ArticleWashington Examiner: This was a steal: Campaign real estate deal that...
President Trump was “thrilled” that his campaign acquired northern Virginia office space at “bargain basement” rates, a campaign official told the Washington Examiner in an interview in the plush 14th...
View ArticleCapital Research Center: Featured Video: Free Speech Means Everyone Gets It
If you care about free and fair elections, then all the voices that an election can affect need to be allowed to speak. Even the wealthiest company can’t spend enough money to have as much influence as...
View ArticleWhen Trump Blocks You on Twitter, Hes Violating the First Amendment
A landmark legal battle that will unfold later this month in federal court in New York represents a welcome chance for freedom of expression to triumph over falsehood. The two of us, together with...
View ArticleElizabeth Warrens Anti-Corruption Proposal Would Silence Dissent
Throughout the 2000s, then-Harvard professor Elizabeth Warren wanted desperately to influence members of Congress. She wanted the government to enact stricter regulations on banks and home loans, and...
View ArticleAlexandria, VA The Institute for Free Speech filed an amicus brief with the...
Americans have the right to privacy, both as individuals and when they join together in support of a cause,” said Institute for Free Speech Legal Director Allen Dickerson.read more
View ArticleSuit challenges states limit on campaign-donation time
A constitutional challenge was filed Monday over a state law that bars candidates for elected office from accepting or soliciting campaign contributions more than two years before an election.read more
View ArticleKickbacks, a lifetime ban and Tom Cruise movies: Inside the attorney generals...
Eyman says such a punishment would violate his First Amendment rights to free speech and political activity and essentially would bar him from the work that has made him a powerful force in Washington...
View ArticleFederalist Society: Fourth Circuit Recognizes Free Speech Concerns with Voter...
On July 12, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit overturned a ruling from the District of Maryland that dismissed a challenge to a state law that limits access to Maryland’s...
View ArticleWashington Post: Liberal, conservative organizations unite against National...
In its first collective act, the coalition submitted a letter Monday to members of Congress, urging them to push the acting director of the Park Service to halt attempts to change how the agency...
View ArticleThis piece originally appeared in National Review on April 11, 2019.
Singing to the always predictable tune of campaign-finance-reform advocates, Democrats have made “transparency” a centerpiece of a 570-page political-“reform” bill with an Orwellian name: the “For the...
View ArticleBan On Out-Of-State Money To Ballot Questions Overturned
Cory Heidelberger is a blogger for Dakota Free Press. He initially brought a lawsuit against the state over IM24. Shortly there after, several groups like the South Dakota Newspaper Association and...
View ArticleGroup asks in on Arkansas donation-law suit
The Institute for Free Speech has asked a federal appeals court to let it weigh in on a dispute over Arkansas’ campaign contribution blackout period.read more
View ArticleWashington Post: Supreme Court sides with subversive clothing designer in...
The Supreme Court on Monday struck down the federal government’s ban on registering “immoral” and “scandalous” trademarks, saying it violates the First Amendment.read more
View ArticleNJs secret big-money donors will now be named after Phil Murphy backs down
Gov. Phil Murphy, despite vetoing the exact same legislation last month, has now committed to signing it…read more
View ArticleSixth Circuit Upholds Kentucky Campaign-Finance Limits
Upholding several of Kentucky’s campaign-finance restrictions and ethics laws, the Sixth Circuit overturned a ruling Thursday that found the limits placed an unconstitutional burden on...
View ArticleElizabeth Warren Decries Big Money In Politics. Her Campaign Treasurer...
Dubbed a “personal PAC man” to politicians by The Boston Globe more than a decade ago, retired software engineer Paul Egerman, 70, has quietly established himself as a key benefactor and rainmaker for...
View ArticleCivitas Institute: A cure worse than the disease: Internet speech regulations...
At first glance, the bill may look like a simple effort to define technical terms like “electioneering communication” and “qualified digital communication.” The devil is in the details, however. H.B....
View ArticleD.C. Circuit Tosses State Republicans Challenge of SEC Political...
The Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit denied the New York Republican State Committee’s bid to challenge the Securities Exchange Commission’s rule prohibiting broker-dealers acting as “placement...
View ArticleMissouri pays $500,000 after losing campaign finance lawsuit
Missouri taxpayers footed a more than $500,000 legal bill after the state attorney general lost a case defending a new campaign finance law.read more
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