First Amendment Speech

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Walls v. Sanders

Vol. 139 No. 8 Government speech doctrine can be a silver bullet for government defendants facing First Amendment free speech claims. If the government is speaking, its regulation...
First Amendment Speech Notes

Reimagining the Schoolhouse Gate: Children’s Right to Receive Information in the Age of Curriculum Censorship

Vol. 139 No. 3 In recent years, various legislative and school board actions have sought to restrict or censor educational content related to race, gender, sexuality, and identity.1 One prominent example is Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act2 — the “Don’t Say Gay” law — which prohibits classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in certain grades.
First Amendment Speech Essay

“Our Money or Your Life!” Higher Education and the First Amendment

Vol. 139 No. 2 The United States government now gives an extraordinary amount of money to colleges and universities. If it threatens to withhold some of that money, it might be able to achieve important and legitimate goals. It can also create serious risks to educational institutions, perhaps even existential risks, and it might be able to use its power to move institutions in its politically preferred directions.