The First Amendment prohibits an elected official from hiring those who support or affiliate with him and terminating employees who do not. The legal necessity of showing that political firings ...

A Minnesota law barring businesses with foreign ownership from making political contributions and independent expenditures violates the First Amendment, a federal district court said. The Minnesota ...

drawing concern from First Amendment advocates. They’re now on watch. “No matter which way the political winds are blowing, if it’s protected, we gotta defend it,” said Will Creeley ...

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Part I traces the development of the First Amendment's protections for "editorial discretion" and the political controversies that prompted the state regulation. Part II analyzes the Justices ...

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