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Pro-Palestinian protesters have taken over a building at Columbia University, marking a significant escalation for nationwide demonstrations that experts say have pressed and sometimes strayed from what is legally permissible. While protesting is a sacred right in the U.S. and is all the more cherished on college campuses, hundreds of students have been arrested in…

Controversy around Elise Stefanik's antisemitism hearing fueled by "hypocrisy" and PR concerns, say legal experts

Two candidates for office — one at the state level and one local — have recently called for closing what they call a “loophole” in Virginias obscenity statute as it

Several of the Trump court cases may hinge on the fine line between protected advocacy of illegal activity and unprotected criminal conspiracy.

Dominion asked for $1.6 billion in damages over what it says were lies driven by Fox's desire to get on Donald Trump's good side.

Fox News claims Dominion's $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit could end free speech as we know it. Some First Amendment experts think it has a point.

In a defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting, Murdoch says he isn't legally responsible for claims made on Fox Corp subsidiary Fox News Network.

<p>The state of Florida contends that, when operating within approved curricula, in-class instruction becomes the state's speech, obviating the First Amendment. It's unclear how much traction this argument will get in court. </p>

“It remains more of an open question than those of us who are academics would like it to be,” one expert said.

Frederick Schauer (University of Virginia School of Law) has posted The Restatements as Law (American Law Institute Centennial History (Andrew S. Gold & Robert W. Gordon, eds., Oxford University Press, Forthcoming 2023)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: A widespread...