For a lesson in what happens when legislators toy with First Amendment rights, stop by state Supreme Court tomorrow. Lawyers for a City Council member, Annabel Palma, will be before Judge Paul Feinman ...

The world reacted with shock and horror as news filtered out of Selma 60 years ago. There, Americans had merely peacefully protested in support of their civil right to vote. The resistance was ...

Paul G. Summers, a lawyer, is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the ...

Presumptively Protected. The Second Circuit initially concluded that Leroy’s message doesn’t fit within an unprotected category of speech. Although offensive, his post isn’t a true threat of violence.

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