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News Articles: First Amendment

The offices of the Marion County Record weekly newspaper sit across the street from the Marion County, Kan., Courthouse, Aug. 21, 2023, in Marion. The police chief who led the August raid on the small weekly newspaper in central Kansas has resigned, just days after he was suspended from his post, a City Council member confirmed Monday, Oct. 2, 2023.

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The Kansas police chief who led the raid on a small newspaper has resigned

Gideon Cody's resignation comes days after Cody was suspended for reasons that were not made public, and weeks after a prosecutor said that there wasn't sufficient evidence to justify the search.

October 03, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Visitors stand near screens displaying the Meta logo in Berlin on June 6. Under a U.S. judge's new ruling, much of the federal government is now barred from working with social media companies to address removing content that might contain "protected free speech."

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  • Law

U.S. is barred from combating disinformation on social media. Here's what it means

Under a judge's new ruling, much of the federal government is now barred from working with social media companies to address removing any content that might contain "protected free speech."

July 05, 2023
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley and
  • Shannon Bond
A protester holds a sign outside the Dekalb County Jail in May 2023.

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Protesters carry on under the shadow of Georgia's domestic terrorism law

Some protesters say the state's domestic terrorism law is being used to silence opponents of Atlanta's planned public safety training facility.

June 23, 2023
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  • Peter Biello
August University's Library Dean Bradley Warren, student newspaper editor Rakiyah Lenon, guest speaker and attorney Frank LoMonte and Pamplin College Dean Kim Davies receive their Champion of the First Amendment Awards on March 14, 2023.

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  • Law

'Lessons in transparency': Augusta University hosts First Amendment awards, lecture for students

Rakiya Lenon, editor-in-chief at the university's newspaper, interviewed attorney Frank LoMonte about open records and laws that protect members of the student press.

March 20, 2023
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  • GPB News Staff
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks after the primary election for the midterms during the "Keep Florida Free Tour" at Pepin's Hospitality Centre in Tampa, Florida, U.S., August 24, 2022. Photo by Octavio Jones/REUTERS

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Growing distrust and political problems for the press

Thursday on Political Rewind: Fox News hosts spread election conspiracies they knew were false. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is trying to overturn laws that shield journalists from lawsuits. In Georgia, reporters battle the state's open record process. Our panel speaks on the problems facing the press.

March 02, 2023
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
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In this May 18, 2021, file photo, a teacher, center, and her third grade students wear face masks and are seated at proper social distancing spacing during as she conducts her class in Rye, N.Y.

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Groups say they'll sue Georgia over 'divisive concepts' ban

Education and civil rights groups say they will sue to overturn Georgia's law banning the teaching of certain racial concepts. They claimed Friday that the ban on so-called divisive concepts violates First Amendment rights to free expression and 14th Amendment rights to equal protection.

November 07, 2022
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  • Associated Press
<em>The Onion</em> head writer Mike Gillis submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court this week. He says he hopes it will convince the court to take up an Ohio man's First Amendment case while educating the broader public.

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The man who wrote the Onion's Supreme Court brief takes parody very seriously

The satirical site submitted a 23-page brief to the Supreme Court in support of a First Amendment case. Mike Gillis, The Onion writer who authored the brief, tells NPR why parody is worth defending.

October 04, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
Protestors in Atlanta

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  • Politics

Bill inspired by backlash to 2020 racial justice protests clears Georgia Senate panel

A Georgia bill that opponents argue aims to stop protests by trampling on constitutional rights through expanded criminal penalties, added civil liability for local governments that allow protests and authorized violence against protesters.

March 09, 2022
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  • Stanley Dunlap
Kent Fuchs, the president of the University of Florida, delivers comments during a ceremony in Gainesville, Fla., on Sept. 15.

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  • Law

University of Florida allows professors to testify in a voting rights case after all

The university is reversing its decision to bar three professors from serving as expert witnesses in a case against the state. The earlier decision was seen as an infringement of free speech.

November 05, 2021
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  • Deepa Shivaram
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  • National

KPCC Journalist Tackled, Arrested While Trying To Cover L.A. Protest

Police say reporter Josie Huang didn't identify herself as a reporter, and was interfering with a lawful arrest. KPCC says Huang was just documenting the arrest on video when police tackled her.

September 14, 2020
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  • Matthew S. Schwartz
Protesters gather in front of the Mark O. Hatfield federal courthouse in downtown Portland, where some demonstrators have been arrested and others released from jail on the condition that they not attend any more protests.

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  • National

For Some Arrested At Portland Protests, Release Is Conditional On Not Attending More

Bailey Dreibelbis is among the protesters whose terms of release from jail include a ban on attending other demonstrations in the city. Some lawyers say such a limit violates First Amendment rights.

July 29, 2020
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  • Rachel Treisman
A Georgia State Patrol officer was one of 700 public safety personnel in Newnan on April 21. Law enforcement vastly outnumbered demonstrators.

The Costs Of Free Speech

In April three dozen members of a neo-Nazi group rallied in Newnan, south of Atlanta. Hundreds showed up to counter protest. Police report no one was...

June 04, 2018
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  • Emily Cureton
Georgia State Patrol in riot gear kept protestors 75 yards away from a National Socialist Movement rally in Newnan's Greenville Park on April 21, 2018.

Neo-Nazi Rally Cost Local Governments Over $200K

Last month three dozen members of a neo-nazi group rallied in Newnan, south of Atlanta. Hundreds of people showed up to protest. The City of Newnan and...

May 23, 2018
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  • Emily Cureton
Georgia State Capitol

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  • Politics

Conservative State Senator Slammed For Hurting Children By Grandstanding

On this edition of Political Rewind, the Georgia Senate entertains a bill that would crack down on protestors who disrupt controversial speakers on...

January 29, 2018
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  • Bill Nigut
 Black Lives Matter protesters sit on Peachtree Street during a protest in downtown Atlanta, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, in response to the police shooting deaths of Terence Crutcher in Tulsa, Okla. and Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, N.C.

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  • Politics

ACLU Says New Georgia Terrorism Law Is Broader Than The Patriot Act

Since its passage in the wake of 9/11, the Patriot Act has become a symbol to civil liberties activists for any law which invades personal freedoms in...

July 11, 2017
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  • Max Moran
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