Category: First Amendment

7th-Grader Censored by School for Shirt: ‘There Are Only Two Genders,’ Brushed Off by Judge

The seventh grader who wore a T-shirt with the words “There are only two genders” to school, but was barred from wearing it in class, had placed his hopes in lawsuit. That might have restored his freedom to speak. But the Massachusetts middle schooler, Liam Morrison, 12, was let down by a district judge’s decision…


Supreme Court Rules for Christian Web Designer in Forced Speech Case

The Supreme Court ruled 6–3 in favor of a Christian website designer who said Colorado’s law requiring her to create websites to celebrate same-sex weddings infringed on her constitutional rights. Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion (pdf) in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis (court file 21-476) which was decided June 30. The three liberal justices…


Supreme Court Rules for Christian Postal Worker

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled on June 29 that a lower court applied the wrong standard in a case about whether the U.S. Postal Service violated the constitutional rights of an evangelical Christian mail carrier when the agency refused to accommodate his wish not to work on the Sunday Sabbath. The court raised the legal…


Supreme Court Poised to Issue Blockbuster Rulings This Week

The Supreme Court is poised this week to issue a series of rulings covering the hot-button issues of affirmative action, student loan forgiveness, the intersection of religious freedom with free speech and employment law, and how much power state legislatures should have in the congressional redistricting process. It was this month last year that the…


California High School Forced to Withdraw ‘Anti-Christian’ Material

A California high school has backed down after parents and students demanded the removal of a controversial photograph described as an example of “anti-Christian bigotry” from one of its courses. Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, California, included a photograph taken by Andres Serrano in 1987 in a theory of knowledge course that is required for…


DA Drops Charges Against Man Arrested While Preaching at Pennsylvania Pride Event

Berks County District Attorney John T. Adams has withdrawn charges against a man who was arrested when he arrived to preach Christianity at a city LGBT pride event in Reading, Pennsylvania. “There was insufficient evidence that would warrant a charge of disorderly conduct, and, quite frankly, when you consider all the nuances of the First…


Supreme Court Denies Christian School’s Claim Against Teacher Who Accused It of Racism

The Supreme Court decided on June 12 not to hear the claim of a Christian school in Colorado that it cannot be sued for firing a teacher who accused the school, parents, and students of racism. The school argued that because it is a religious institution it is beyond the reach of the First Amendment to the…


RFK Jr. Says Fox News Didn’t Run Negative Vaccine Stories to Keep Big Pharma Advertisers

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Fox News barred content that reflected negatively on vaccines to appease its big-money advertisers in the pharmaceutical industry. During a June 5 Twitter Spaces interview with the platform’s owner, Elon Musk, Kennedy disclosed that he approached former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes in 2016 about doing a…


Supreme Court to Decide If Insult Against Trump Can Be Trademarked

The Supreme Court decided June 5 to consider whether a progressive activist can trademark a belittling phrase targeting former President Donald Trump for use on T-shirts. The ruling puts the administration of President Joe Biden, a Democrat, in the unusual position of defending the interests of Trump, who is again seeking the Republican Party’s presidential…


Today’s FBI: Progressive Political Activists With Badges and Guns

Who’s that at the door? An Amazon deliveryman? A Girl Scout selling a fresh batch of oatmeal cookies? No, it’s a couple of agents from what used to be one of America’s most storied institutions, the FBI. They’re here to police your First Amendment rights. In this shocking new episode of Over the Target, Brendon…