Outside the Beltway

The Supreme Court has struck down a provision of the Lanham Act barring approval of “immoral” or “scandalous” trademarks as unconstitutional.

The Washington State Supreme Court has ruled against a Seattle-area florist who refused to provide flowers for a same-sex wedding.

The Supreme Court ruled that a World War One memorial that had been on public grounds for 70 years can stay where it is.

Donald Trump has endorsed a proposal by a Republican Senator to ban flag burning.

The Supreme Court is likely to finish striking down restrictions on offensive trademarks.

The Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez edition.

The Lawfare gang and Popehat weigh in.

Free expression sometimes enables horrible crimes. How does a free society deal with that tension?

A powerful Congressman successfully pressured a media giant to pull content. We should be worried.

The Supreme Court appears to be leaning toward letting a war memorial on public property stay in place.

The Supreme Court is set to hear oral argument in a case involving a World War I Memorial in the form of a cross on public land in Suburban Maryland.

A student in Florida has been charged with creating a disturbance after declining to recite the Pledge Of Allegiance in class.

While I’m sympathetic to his plight, he has no case.

A death penalty case from Alabama raises First Amendment issues that the Supreme Court chose to brush aside.

Critics on both the Left and the Right rightly see an injustice here but the US Supreme Court allowed it to happen.

A particularly appalling case of press censorship from Australia.

The White House and CNN have settled the dispute over Jim Acosta’s press pass, but future conflict between this Administration and the press corps seems inevitable.

Despite a court ruling that says otherwise, the Trump White House appears prepared to once again revoke the press pass of CNN reporter Jim Acosta.

A Federal Judge in Washington ruled that the White House acted improperly when it arbitrary revoked CNN reporter Jim Acosta’s press pass.

CNN fires back in the Administration’s ongoing war with the news media.

There’s a new church/state separation case on the Supreme Court’s docket.

Europe has abandoned centuries-old laws against blasphemy, but the assault on so-called “hate speech” threatens to effectively bring them back.

America’s tradition of unlimited free expression increases the danger of violence.

Former Arizona Sheriff and Senate candidate Joe Arpaio is suing The New York Times for defamation. He doesn’t appear to have much of a case.

A Federal Judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed against the President

The State of Texas is arguing in Court that a school district can force a student to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. This is a blatant violation of the First Amendment.

Alex Jones lost a bid to dismiss a lawsuit filed by families of children killed in the Sandy Hook massacre.

A group of lawsuits filed across the country are seeking to challenge the predominant method for allocation of Electoral College votes. These lawsuits appear to have little merit.

Facebook, Google, and several other companies have closed down accounts associated with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

A Federal Judge in Washington State has, at least temporarily, blocked the release of files that would allow anyone to make a 3-D printed gun. The First Amendment seems to clearly indicate that this ruling is wrong.

Federal law protects internet companies from liability for statements written by others.

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court has ruled that public sector unions cannot force employees to pay membership fees.

In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court struck down a California law requiring Crisis Pregnancy Centers to provide information about abortion.

In a significant First Amendment ruling, the Supreme Court has held that a Minnesota law barring “political apparel” at polling places is unconstitutional.

President Trump has unblocked Twitter users, but at the same time his lawyers are appealing the ruling that he can’t block Twitter users.

In an exceedingly narrow ruling, the Supreme Court sided with a Colorado baker who refused to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding reception. However, the ruling did not address the broader issues raised by the case.

Conservatives claim to support freedom of speech and freedom of expression, but they’ve utterly failed that test when it comes to their reaction to players who peacefully and respectfully kneel during the National Anthem.

President Trump’s response to the N.F.L.’s new National Anthem policy is as narrow-minded and divisive as you’d expected it to be.

A Federal Judge in New York has ruled that President Trump cannot block users from reading his tweets.

After hastily removing the House Chaplain under unclear circumstances, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan has reversed himself.

Randa Jarrar was classless and contemptible, which is protected by the First Amendment. As a tenured state employee so is her job.

A woman who was fired after a photograph of her giving the middle finger to President Trump’s motorcade went viral is suing her former employer. She doesn’t have much of a case.

The Supreme Court appears ready to strike down a California law requiring Crisis Pregnancy Centers to provide information on abortion.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in a case pitting the First Amendment against the right of states to regulate elections.

After yesterday’s oral argument, the Supreme Court seems poised to deal a major blow to public-sector unions.

Two Republicans spoke out today against the President’s war on the news media, but don’t expect their colleagues to follow suit.

The Supreme Court held oral argument in a case that pits First Amendment rights against the rights of LGBT Americans.

Arguments advanced by those advocating a bill that would prevent Americans from participating in a boycott of Israel would not violate the First Amendment appear to be without merit.

Sarah Palin’s lawsuit against The New York Times suffers a significant setback.

The dangers of the tyranny of the majority have only magnified.