Press Releases
about Free Speech
Jul 11, 2017
ACLU, Diverse Organizations to Participate in July 12 Net Neutrality Day of Action
ACLU Will Alter Website and Social Media to Educate Its 3 Million Supporters and Encourage Comments to FCC
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Jul 07, 2017
Federal Appeals Court Rules that There is a First Amendment Right to Record the Police
PHILADELPHIA – A federal appeals court in Philadelphia today joined “a growing consensus” in acknowledging that there is a First Amendment right to record the police in publi...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Jun 21, 2017
ACLU of DC Sues D.C. Police for False Arrests, Free Speech Violations, Police Abuse at Inauguration Day Protests
Lawsuit Challenges Excessive Force, Manual Rectal Probing, and Denial of Food, Water, and Toilets
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Jun 19, 2017
ACLU Statement on Supreme Court Ruling in ‘Slants’ Trademark Case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled today that a federal law banning trademark registration to names or brands that “disparage” others violates the First Amendment, and that...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Court case: Lee v. Tam
Jun 13, 2017
ACLU Statement on Restrictions of Press Interviews in Capitol
WASHINGTON — Senate staff has started barring reporters from recording video or audio interviews in the halls of the Capitol without permission, reversing decades of common pract...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Apr 26, 2017
ACLU Statement on Ann Coulter Speech
NEW YORK — Following news that Ann Coulter cancelled her appearance at the University of California, Berkeley, American Civil Liberties Union National Legal Director David Cole h...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
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