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How The First Amendment Protects Americans’ Speech — And How It Does Not
21 Dec 2025 10:12 GMT
… , the U.S. Supreme Court found that the First Amendment insulated the protesters from … affairs.”
As the late Justice Antonin Scalia would explain in 2003, “The … .”
Restrictions On Government Action
The First Amendment prevents the government from taking …
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From Adams to Trump: Presidents push the boundaries of the First Amendment
13 Dec 2025 11:17 GMT
… .S. Supreme Court heard a case alleging the Biden administration violated First Amendment rights … venerated object.”
A conservative justice, the late Antonin Scalia, joined the 5 … by the First Amendment. Only one of the five justices in that case …
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The Supreme Court Ponders Giving Billionaires Even More Power Over Elections
09 Dec 2025 21:52 GMT
… corruption has ever occurred. Justice Sonia Sotomayor indignantly schooled … , that’s not a First Amendment determination, but a policy … money is that the Supreme Court lifted outside contribution limits, … by the late Antonin Scalia that is beloved by …
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Supreme Court rejects petition to overturn ruling on same-sex marriage
11 Nov 2025 04:11 GMT
… turned to the Supreme Court, insisting that the First Amendment protects her right … dissents from Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas and … Justice Antonin Scalia.
Liberty Counsel, which represented Davis in court, said the Supreme Court …
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U.S. Supreme Court won't revisit same-sex marriage ruling
11 Nov 2025 01:24 GMT
… when the Supreme Court will overturn Obergefell.”
Today’s Supreme Court is far more … in dissent, the late Justice Antonin Scalia blasted the court’s decision … her, she argued that the First Amendment’s religious protections should shield …
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Supreme Court to Consider Petition Challenging Same-Sex Marriage Decision
28 Oct 2025 02:03 GMT
… , the U.S. Supreme Court’s nine justices will consider taking up … procreate.
The late great Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in 2016, … the law says about marriage,” Scalia wrote. “It is of … two questions:
Whether the First Amendment is an affirmative defense to …
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Leslie Gielow Jacobs ’82 Reflects on Her Supreme Court Clerkship and Today’s Court
24 Oct 2025 04:52 GMT
… for Associate Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr. of the Supreme Court of the … to the Chief Justice, and then it was Justice [Antonin] Scalia’s first … of business interests and the First Amendment and election law—but then …
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This Former Supreme Court Justice Is Trying to Salvage His Legacy. It’s Too Late.
21 Oct 2025 18:24 GMT
… : a concurrence penned by archconservative Justice Antonin Scalia, who argued that the … the conservative justices had already reframed the debate as a First Amendment question … Slate Plus members only
The Supreme Court’s Arrogance Is Creating Surprising …
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Trump Brags ‘We Took the Freedom of Speech Away’ With Plan to Imprison Flag Burners — Supreme Court Rejected in 1989
08 Oct 2025 21:25 GMT
… — including many conservatives.
Legendary First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams has litigated … was held by the Supreme Court to be First Amendment protected and there … such a revered conservative as Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia agreed with his liberal …
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What in the world is “zombie precedent”?
19 Dec 2025 15:43 GMT
… Supreme Court ghost story to tell. It comes from Justice Antonin Scalia, … a statute violated the First Amendment’s establishment clause. The … ’s race.
The Supreme Court has never formally overturned … complaints – and the Supreme Court’s odd relationship with …