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28 Jul Is Lying About an Election Free Speech or Fraud?

Posted at 16:17h in election administration, election integrity, Election Law, First Amendment, Free Speech, vblog 0 Comments

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In the weeks before the 2016 election, memes proliferated on Twitter bearing instructions on how to vote by phone or text message. The images were stylized to resemble Hillary Clinton’s campaign materials, and targeted her supporters in both English and Spanish. “Save time. Avoid the...

24 Jul Tabloid Company, Aiding Trump Campaign, May Have Crossed Line Into Politics

Posted at 00:28h in Campaign Finance, FEC, First Amendment, Free Speech, vblog 0 Comments

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Federal authorities examining the work President Trump’s former lawyer did to squelch embarrassing stories before the 2016 election have come to believe that an important ally in that effort, the tabloid company American Media Inc.Source: Tabloid Company, Aiding Trump Campaign, May Have Crossed Line Into...

17 Jul U.S. Treasury Restricts Donor Disclosure Requirement for Some Nonprofit Groups

Posted at 20:07h in Campaign Finance, Free Speech, nonprofit, vblog, yclass 0 Comments

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WASHINGTON—The Treasury Department will allow some nonprofit groups to provide less information about donors on their tax forms in a win for conservative organizations engaged in politics.Source: U.S. Treasury Restricts Donor Disclosure Requirement for Some Nonprofit Groups...

17 Jul IRS Announcement A Victory For Free Speech

Posted at 20:07h in Campaign Finance, Free Speech, nonprofit, vblog, yclass 0 Comments

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‘The Internal Revenue Service is cutting back on the amount of nonpublic information it collects and stockpiles about Americans who donate to nonprofit causes. The IRS will no longer pointlessly demand private contributor lists from whole categories of tax-exempt organizations.’ WASHINGTON, D.C.Source: IRS Announcement A...

11 Jul Judge Kavanaugh’s Principled Record On Free Speech

Posted at 07:34h in 2018, California, election, First Amendment, Free Speech, supreme court, vblog 0 Comments

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Last night, President Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to replace Justice Kennedy on the Supreme Court. Judge Kavanaugh has served for twelve years on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Prior to that, he worked as an attorney in the Bush administration.Source: Judge Kavanaugh's Principled...

14 Jun Supreme Court strikes down Minnesota law prohibiting voters from wearing political apparel to polls

Posted at 16:20h in First Amendment, Free Speech, supreme court, vblog 0 Comments

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The Supreme Court ruled Thursday a broad state ban on wearing “political apparel” at the polls violates the free speech rights of voters.Source: Supreme Court strikes down Minnesota law prohibiting voters from wearing political apparel to polls...

28 Apr Panel on Free Speech on College Campuses at RNLA National Policy Conference

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I had the privilege of moderating a panel on Free Speech on College Campuses today at the Republican National Lawyers Association National Policy Conference. We had fantastic panelists and an engaging discussion, I think we could have gone for another hour. You can watch it...

24 Apr Kid Sues Over First Amendment Right to Second Amendment Shirt

Posted at 22:45h in First Amendment, Free Speech, vblog, yclass 0 Comments

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A Nevada school district unlawfully required a student not to wear a gun rights T-shirt, according to a First Amendment lawsuit filed today in federal court.Source: Kid Sues Over First Amendment Right to Second Amendment Shirt...

11 Apr A Bunch of Senators Just Showed They Have No Idea How Facebook Works. They Want to Regulate It Anyway.

Posted at 17:52h in Campaign Finance, Free Speech, Technology, vblog 0 Comments

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On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary and Commerce, Science, and Transportation committees grilled Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the company's insufficient efforts to protect users' personal data. In doing so, many of the senators betrayed a general lack of knowledge about how Facebook operates.Source: A Bunch...

11 Apr Supreme Court can reinforce free speech with Rod Blagojevich case

Posted at 17:47h in Campaign Finance, Free Speech, vblog 0 Comments

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Five years into his jail sentence for corruption, former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich is down to his last appeal, now at the U.S. Supreme Court. His lawyers argue that improper jury instructions resulted in an unfair trial. They raise a vitally important First Amendment point.Source:...