The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled on Monday that Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D-N.Y.) executive order limiting attendance at places of worship “discriminates against religion on its face” in Agudath Israel of America‘s case against the governor. The organization, which was founded in 1922 to serve the American Orthodox Jewish community, launched […]

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The UK needs to create an unassailable law to protect free speech, modelled on the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, according to a new report. The Adam Smith Institute report (pdf) says that freedom of expression is increasingly under threat from “speech crimes” under poorly drafted current laws. The report also singles out proposed […]

October 16, 2020 After intense backlash for suppressing the spread of the New York Post‘s Hunter Biden emails exposé on its platform, including a Senate subpoena, Twitter announced Thursday night that it’s changing its policy on “hacked materials.” “Over the last 24 hours, we’ve received significant feedback (from critical to supportive) about how we enforced […]

Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz is suing CNN for $300 million for misreporting the substance of his defense of President Donald Trump in the Senate impeachment trial earlier this year. Dershowitz, who filed suit Wednesday in a federal court in Florida, alleges that CNN and its various commentators “doctored the tape” of his […]

Several Christian churches filed a lawsuit against Gov. Gavin Newsom on July 15, saying the California governor’s new guidelines that ban singing during indoor services violate their constitutional rights. The California Department of Public Health announced guidelines on July 1 for places of worship and cultural ceremonies that mandate they must “discontinue indoor singing and […]

Moms for America is hosting a “Keep Christmas” rally on the National Mall at 11 a.m. on Sunday to stand for the First Amendment’s guarantee of the right to assembly and the freedom to exercise religious beliefs in the public square. “This event will unite participants together in One Human Race, Under God, to celebrate […]

The venue for President Donald Trump’s political rally in Minnesota scheduled for Friday will be restricted to only 250 people after Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison put pressure on the business owners of multiple locations. The rally was initially planned at the Rochester airport, but Ellison’s office demanded a “COVID preparedness plan” from officials from […]

October 9, 2020 Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.), already facing fierce condemnation from the Jewish community for his latest lockdown order, said in a Friday CNN interview that he believes “the issue” of the recent outbreaks across parts of New York City “is with that ultra-orthodox community,” the New York Post reports. Recently, areas of New […]

A federal judge in Pennsylvania just issued a ruling on Monday that sided with counties that are fighting against the strict coronavirus lockdown rules put in place by Governor Tom Wolf (D). In his 66-page opinion that was filed on Monday, U.S. District Judge William S. Stickman IV ruled that Wolf’s COVID lockdown measures violated the […]

The Supreme Court on Saturday denied an emergency request from Illinois Republicans seeking to block a state measure that bans large gatherings amid the pandemic. Several Illinois Republican organizations had asked the nation’s top court to step in the case after the lower courts denied their request to immediately block the enforcement of Illinois Gov. JB […]

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron (R) stated that he will send his lawsuit arguing that Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s (D) school closures violate the First Amendment because they have closed down religious schools to the Supreme Court. Cameron said that the governor has “repeatedly” […]

October 29, 2020 Twitter has reportedly suspended the account of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Mark Morgan for allegedly violating its hateful content policy after he attempted to tweet a statement about the border wall on the southern U.S. border, The Federalist is reporting exclusively. The Federalist‘s Thursday report says that it obtained […]

An Oklahoma City lawmaker is working on new legislation that would make it illegal to burn the American flag. State Representative JJ Humphrey (R) Public Safety Committee Chair wants to make the act of burning a flag illegal unless the act is for the purpose of retiring the flag. He’s even gone so far as […]

Authorities in California will attempt for the fourth time during the current pandemic to shut down indoor church services at a Los Angeles-area Christian megachurch. Los Angeles County’s motion, scheduled to be heard in that city on Aug. 24, seeks to prohibit indoor services at the Grace Community Church of the Valley. The church is […]

A union that represents hundreds of immigration judges has filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) to challenge its policy restricting judges from speaking or writing in their personal capacity about immigration or their agency. The suit was filed on Wednesday by the Knight First Amendment Institute on behalf of the National […]

The U.S. Supreme Court granted an injunction Wednesday evening against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s restrictions on religious services in a 5-4 decision that saw Justice Amy Coney Barrett with the conservative majority — and Chief Justice John Roberts siding with the liberal minority. The Court was responding to a request for an emergency injunction […]

October 22, 2020 The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to authorize subpoenas for the CEOs of Twitter and Facebook after both sites suppressed the spread of a New York Post exposé on their platforms last week for allegedly violating their “hacked materials” policies. RELATED: Twitter Updates ‘Hacked Materials’ policy after censoring NY Post’s Hunter Biden […]

Attorney General William Barr said Wednesday evening “other than slavery, which was a different kind of restraint,” coronavirus lockdowns were the “greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history.” Barr’s comments came during a Constitution Day celebration at Hillsdale College, commemorating the date in 1789 when the Constitution was signed by the Framers in Philadelphia. […]

A California court upheld on Friday the right of Pastor John MacArthur and Grace Community Church to remain open and to hold indoor worship services amid bans on the services enacted by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and other state and city officials. According to a press release by Thomas More Society, just hours after the […]

U.S. District Judge Gary L. Sharpe handed down a preliminary injunction on Friday against New York officials for violating the First Amendment by shutting down religious services while encouraging Black Lives Matter protests. Earlier this month, two Catholic priests and three Orthodox Jews came together in a lawsuit against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New […]