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Supreme Court: Upholding Free Political Speech
January 1, 2018  •  By IFS Staff  •    •  

Questions about free speech and the First Amendment are often decided at the Supreme Court. Over the years, the Court has dealt with such contentious political speech cases as flag burning, campaign spending limits, and banning political films. While there is typically some disagreement on the Court on any individual case, the Court has long held that for any political…

Judge Charles Canady in Congress: A Strong but Mixed Pro-Free Speech Record
January 10, 2017   •  By David Keating   •  , ,

Hon. Charles Canady Florida Supreme Court (2008-Present, 2010-2012 as Chief Justice); Florida Second District Court of Appeal (2002-2008); United States House of Representatives (1993-2001) ...

Judge Charles Canady on Judicial Campaign Speech Rights: Pro-Speech, then a Mystery in Williams-Yulee
January 10, 2017   •  By David Keating   •  ,

Hon. Charles Canady Florida Supreme Court (2008-Present, 2010-2012 as Chief Justice); Florida Second District Court of Appeal (2002-2008); United States House of Representatives (1993-2001) ...

Judge Steven Colloton Would Grant Lawmakers “Extreme Deference” to Limit Free Speech
January 10, 2017   •  By David Keating   •  , , ,

Hon. Steven Colloton United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (2003-Present) Using our initial screen to find cases, Judge Colloton wrote or ...

Free Speech Under Fire: The Future of the First Amendment
December 2, 2016   •  By Joe Albanese   •  , , ,

In a set of remarks preceded by Brooklyn Law School President and Joseph Crea Dean Nicholas W. Allard, famed First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams muses ...

A Landmark Decision Turns Forty: A Conversation on Buckley v. Valeo
December 2, 2016   •  By Joe Albanese   •  , ,

In this series of essays by Brooklyn Law School President and Joseph Crea Dean Nicholas W. Allard, U.S. Court of Appeals Senior Judge and ...

Free Speech Matters: The Roberts Court and the First Amendment
December 2, 2016   •  By Joe Albanese   •  , , ,

In this article, Brooklyn Law School Professor Joel M. Gora, an IFS Academic Advisor, examines the impact of the Roberts Court on First Amendment ...

Brennan Center Outlines Strategy for More Supreme Court Rulings Upholding Speech Regulations
October 27, 2016   •  By Joe Albanese   •  ,

Ferguson and Lee argue that the Court’s use of empirical evidence in evaluating campaign finance regulations varies from case to case, and that most ...

The Corruption of “Corruption”
July 14, 2016   •  By David Keating   •  ,

If you’ve not read Jonathan Rauch’s “How American Politics Went Insane” yet, you should. Reading his article made me think of the title of ...

Are Plutocrats Really Uniting?
May 13, 2016   •  By Paul Jossey   •  , ,

The anti-First Amendment Campaign Legal Center recently hosted noted election-law professor Rick Hasen to discuss his book ‘Plutocrats United.’ Hasen presented the book’s “reform” ...

Neutral Principles and Some Campaign Finance Problems
February 1, 2016   •  By Matt Nese   •  , ,

This Article has both positive and normative objectives. As a positive matter, it shows that the Roberts Court’s campaign finance regulation jurisprudence can be best explained ...

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