Content-Based Discrimination

The Institute’s amicus brief explains how the lower court improperly evaded First Amendment scrutiny and used suspect evidence to justify speech restrictions

Can state officials avoid the rigors of First Amendment analysis by characterizing speech they dislike as “conduct?”

Libby, et al. v. Fecteau, et al., argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on June 5, 2025.

The lawsuit argues that Golden West College's disciplinary code provisions are unconstitutionally vague, overbroad, and selectively enforced against conservative viewpoints.

Golden West College threatened students with discipline for statements calling illegal immigration a “cancer” and Hamas “a terrorist organization”

Beth Scaer was silenced and threatened with police intervention after referring to a biologically male athlete who plays on the girls’ soccer team as ...

The suit aims to ensure that Scaer—and others—can speak freely at future board meetings without fear of censorship, retaliation, or removal simply for expressing ...

A federal judge has ordered that the Sheridan County (WY) School District must pay attorneys’ fees following a lawsuit with Harry Pollak, a parent ...

Local 8027, AFT-New Hampshire, AFL-CIO v. Edelblut, argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on April 8, 2025.

Settlement requires the university to reform social media policies after blocking professor for saying “all men are created equal”