Judge Rules LAPD Cannot Block Photojournalists From Documenting Protests https://petapixel.com/2025/07/11/judge-rules-lapd-cannot-block-photojournalists-from-documenting-protests/ #mickeyosterreicher #photojournalist #firstamendment #journalists #losangeles #rights #legal #News #lapd #nppa #Law #law #la
#FirstAmendment
Yee more proof that #Oklahoma Superintendent Ryan Walters is a #fascist
The #Trump admin has claimed it is trying to force change at #Harvard & other top-level #universities across the #US, contending they have become bastions of leftist "woke" thought & *#antisemitism*.
[support for #Palestinian #HumanRights is not equivalent to antisemitism.]
#law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #education #InternationalStudents #privacy #InfoSec #dictatorship #authoritarianism #MafiaState #RevengePolitics #AmericanAutocracy
#Trump admin to subpoena #Harvard for information on foreign #students
The Trump admin escalated its feud with #HarvardUniversity on Wednesday, saying #DHS planned to issue subpoenas for information about alleged *misconduct* by #InternationalStudents.
#law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #education #privacy #InfoSec #dictatorship #authoritarianism #MafiaState #RevengePolitics #AmericanAutocracy
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-administration-subpoena-harvard-information-foreign-students-2025-07-09/
The #ACLU is relentlessly challenging the #tRump administration’s unconstitutional and dangerous attacks on immigrants, #LGBTQ people, First Amendment rights, and more.
JOIN THE ACLU:
https://action.aclu.org/signup/pm-join-aclu-fight-trump
#FirstAmendment #immigration
This is not good news, as it upsets the very delicate balancing act set by our society in permitting religious organizations to have special benefits, in exchange for following a few very basic rules.
It also opens up another huge problem - as it stands now, this new policy will only apply to "churches" ( a term of art which refers to most, but not all, religious communities) and not all non-profits, which to me is an obvious #FirstAmendment #EstablishmentClause violation.
For my friends in the progressive religious world - my recommendation would be to be cautious and to wait until these polices are finally in place before changing one's current policies, because I think it is fair to say that we can count on biased decisions when it comes to prosecutorial discretion on these cases.
I also think there is a serious question to be asked as to whether it is ethically appropriate for religious communities to be involved in this kind of politics, even if it may soon be legal.
Dan Mangan reveals a groundbreaking lawsuit in 2024 where churches challenge the IRS over political endorsements, arguing their First Amendment rights are violated. The IRS responded by clarifying that churches can endorse candidates without losing tax-exempt status, shifting the interpretation of the Johnson Amendment. This ongoing case could reshape church-political dynamics. Read more about this impactful story here: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/08/irs-church-candidates-tax-politics.html #IRS #FirstAmendment #JohnsonAmendment #ChurchPolitics #TaxExemptStatus
Punishing #Universities for Their #Viewpoints Violates the #FirstAmendment
https://www.cato.org/blog/punishing-universities-their-viewpoints-violates-first-amendment
It was a police-led art heist. The target: Some of the most controversial, but best-studied and most-discussed works in U.S. contemporary #photography. https://www.texasobserver.org/fort-worth-sally-mann-dallas-express-photos-police/
#NorthTexas #art #censorship #police #law #FirstAmendment #politics #USpol #news #Texas
(article also archived at: https://archive.ph/AQHeu )
It's great to see my friend Aaron Baker quoted in this story!
As to more substantive thoughts --- my own thoughts on the new Social Studies standards are that thanks to SCOTUS (in the Mahmoud v. Taylor decision), parents with religious objections to the standards (including Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, Native American traditionalists, Wiccans, as well as many Christians) can and should object to this new curriculum and use their power as parents to opt their kids out of this curriculum which promotes Christian Nationalism, in violation of the parents' and student's religious beliefs.
#Oklahoma #SocialStudies #FirstAmendment #Law #education #EdLaw
Well, a family member was permanently banned/suspended from contributing to a google service. They are not happy about it. Shall I sit down with them to have a talk about content moderation and the rights of the provider?
#MadKingDonald 's #Fascist assault on free speech, the #FirstAmendment, public safety, and the American People
Our United States constitution's first amendment as interpreted by proven rapist Trump & his wholly owned GOP and their hand picked SCOTUS majority ...
Congress shall make law respecting an establishment of religion.
The new pledge of allegiance is even simpler: "I pledge allegiance to Donald Trump and all his desires and wishes."
#maga #politics #FirstAmendment #1stAmendment #trump #scotus #pledgeofallegiance
>>“This law forces religious organizations to choose between following their values or falling in line. It forces family members — spouses, siblings, even parents — to fear that simply living under the same roof as a loved one without legal status could land them behind bars,” read a statement by Spring Miller of the Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition, which is among a group of organizations providing legal representation. <<
https://tennesseelookout.com/2025/06/24/suit-seeks-to-block-tennessee-law-that-makes-it-a-crime-to-harbor-certain-immigrants/
#Tennessee #Immigrants #TennesseeLookout #Immigration #FreedomOfReligion #FirstAmendment #Lutherans
Paramount will pay $16 million in settlement with Trump over ’60 Minutes’ interview
https://apnews.com/article/trump-media-harris-minutes-paramount-6415042fe910ae60b432dd8c73ef61b2
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“Paramount’s decision to capitulate to Trump threatens journalists’ ability to do their job reporting on powerful public figures,” the Writers Guild of America East, which represents “60 Minutes” journalists, said in a statement.
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#Trump #CBS #60Minutes #Paramount #FreedomOfThePress #FirstAmendment
Four civil liberties organizations filed a lawsuit against the state of Texas to challenge the constitutionality of a new law requiring the display of an explicitly Protestant translation of the Ten Commandments in all public-school classrooms.
#Court #Education #EducationNews #National #News #Politics #Religion #Texas #2025TexasLegislature #EstablishmentClause #FirstAmendment #SeparationOfChurchAndState #TenCommandments #TexasPublicSchools
#CBS News did nothing wrong. But its parent company still paid price. That's the moral of #Paramount settlement story. And it's a story that keeps repeating itself in the #Trump era. #Paramount confirmed that it is paying $16 million to make Trump's legally dubious #60Minutes #lawsuit go away. Paramount did not agree to any apology — which was a major point of tension. But it did agree to help fund Trump's future #presidential #library. #censorship #law #maga #journalism #firstamendment #lies
The #DOJ letters, along w/ interviews w/ several people close to the university, provide new details about the lengths the agency was prepared to go to to compel changes at #UVA — part of escalating actions by the #Trump admin to root out #DEI from institutions & reshape the country’s colleges & #universities.
letters: https://www.washingtonpost.com/documents/9fd88174-ebf4-4878-9fce-cc20f23e6a9f.pdf
#law #democracy #Constitution #FirstAmendment #AcademicFreedom #authoritarianism #dictatorship #tyranny #AmericanAutocracy
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