South Carolina needs to make enacting strong free speech protections priority

Iowa Senate passes anti-SLAPP bill providing free speech, press protections

The Iowa Senate unanimously passed a bill Wednesday that would provide protection against lawsuits aimed at limiting constitutional freedoms of speech and press.

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Punishing speech is not an American ideal.

South Carolina needs to make enacting strong free speech protections priority

A bill that would deter lawsuits in aimed at intimidating people from speaking out on issues of public concern has passed out of a House committee

Schools are waging war on parents’ free speech

Complaining about your kid’s school can now get you banned from the premises or even arrested.

Iowa Senate passes anti-SLAPP bill providing free speech, press protections • Iowa Capital Dispatch

(Photo by Carol Yepes/Getty Images)The Iowa Senate unanimously passed a bill Wednesday that would provide protection against lawsuits aimed at limiting constitutional freedoms of speech and press. The legislation, House File 472, is known as an anti-SLAPP bill — referring to a measure intended to combat “strategic lawsuits against public participation,” or SLAPP lawsuits. These are civil lawsuits filed by organizations or individuals against ent…

City College Academic Senate approves letter urging SDCCD to affirm free speech protection, offer support

The letter arrives as F-1 student visas are being canceled across San Diego County