Category: First Amendment (US Constitution)

A.P. Accuses White House of Violating First Amendment

The Associated Press said the White House had blocked its journalists from attending two press events because the news agency had not started using the term Gulf of America.
Supreme Court Backs Law Requiring TikTok to Be Sold or Banned

The company argued that the law, citing potential Chinese threats to the nation’s security, violated its First Amendment rights and those of its 170 million users.
4 Takeaways From the Arguments Before the Supreme Court in the TikTok Case

The justices, who asked tough questions of both sides, showed skepticism toward arguments by lawyers for TikTok and its users.
Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Law That Could Shut Down TikTok

The justices are expected to rule quickly in the case, which pits national security concerns about China against the First Amendment’s protection of free speech.
TikTok Case Before Supreme Court Pits National Security Against Free Speech

The court, which hears arguments on Friday in a challenge to a law banning the app, has issued varying rulings when those two interests clashed.
TikTok and Government Clash in Last Round of Supreme Court Briefs

The briefs, filed a week before oral arguments, offered sharply differing accounts of China’s influence over the site and the role of the First Amendment.
Trump Urges Supreme Court to Pause TikTok Ban

The president-elect took no position on the app’s First Amendment challenge to the law, which sets a Jan. 19 deadline to sell or close the popular platform.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Wants to Ban Drug Ads on TV. It Wouldn’t Be Easy.

Attempts to restrict pharmaceutical advertisements have failed many times over the years, often on First Amendment grounds.
TikTok Asks Supreme Court to Block Law Banning Its U.S. Operations

The company and its Chinese parent invoked the First Amendment in urging the justices to step in before a Jan. 19 deadline to sell or be shut down.
How a Lobbying Group Is Arguing That Big Tech Protects Free Speech

NetChoice, backed by tech giants including Meta and Google, has successfully argued in court that Big Tech hosts protected speech.
Will TikTok Be Banned in January? That Question is Headed to Court

TikTok will be in federal court on Monday, aiming to block a new law that will ban the popular video app in the United States early next year.
F.B.I. Resumes Communication with Facebook, X and Others On Foreign Disinformation

The Justice Department set new guidelines for agents to share tips with Facebook, X and other platforms after a legal challenge prompted a suspension of that communication.