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Free Speech Arguments – Can States Prohibit Pro-Bono Litigation Services for Candidates? (Institute for Free Speech v. J.R. Johnson, et al.)
April 28, 2025   •  By IFS Staff   •  , ,

Institute for Free Speech v. J.R. Johnson, et al. argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on April 28, 2025.

Freedom of Assembly Arguments, Sixty Years Apart
April 25, 2025   •  By Helen Knowles-Gardner   •  , ,

April 26 represents an important date in the history of associational freedom at the Supreme Court.  

Journal of Supreme Court History Publishes Another New Article by Knowles-Gardner on NAACP v. Alabama
April 16, 2025   •  By IFS Staff   •  , , ,

Last month, the Journal of Supreme Court History published a new article from Institute for Free Speech Research Director Helen Knowles-Gardner detailing another aspect ...

Enduring First Amendment lessons of ‘Bloody Sunday’
March 17, 2025   •  By Tiffany Donnelly & Helen Knowles-Gardner   •  , , ,

Six decades later, the story of that “Bloody Sunday” in Selma shouldn’t be confined to the pages of history books. It is a story ...

Journal of Supreme Court History Publishes New Work of Knowles-Gardner on NAACP v. Alabama
December 5, 2024   •  By IFS Staff   •  , ,

This November, the Journal of Supreme Court History published a new article from Institute for Free Speech Research Director Helen Knowles-Gardner detailing the oral ...

Seattle University Law Review Publishes Knowles-Gardner Article about Historic NAACP Litigation on First Amendment Day
September 26, 2024   •  By IFS Staff   •  , ,

This First Amendment Day, Seattle University Law Review published an important article from Institute for Free Speech Research Director Helen Knowles-Gardner.

Letter to House Leadership on the Foreign Grant Reporting Act
June 5, 2024   •  By IFS Staff   •  , ,

On June 5, 2024, the Institute for Free Speech sent a letter to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and House Minority Leader Hakeem ...

Institute for Free Speech Research Director Authors NAACP v. Alabama Scholarly Article
April 11, 2024   •  By IFS Staff   •  , , ,

Institute for Free Speech Research Director Helen Knowles-Gardner has authored a scholarly article draft on the history of the important Supreme Court case NAACP ...

Institute for Free Speech Urges Sixth Circuit to Reverse Sittenfeld Bribery Conviction

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December 19, 2023   •  By IFS Staff   •  , ,

The Institute for Free Speech has filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in the case United ...

United States v. Sittenfeld
December 19, 2023   •  By IFS Staff   •  , ,

The Institute for Free Speech has filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in the case United ...

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