The unions also demonstrated a likelihood of proving that Trump's order had a "chilling effect" on their right to free speech under the Constitution's First Amendment, Donato said.

If it is not narrowly drawn, then it does not comply with the First Amendment and must be struck down, the group argued.

A porn industry group, known as the Free Speech Coalition, alleged that the requirement was too broad and therefore violated the First Amendment. The coalition initially won in district court, but the U.S.

He urged the court to grant a preliminary injunction against the supply-chain risk designation, arguing that the company was likely to succeed at trial on First Amendment and other grounds.

Some of these individuals have already been suspended or fired—but were their First Amendment rights violated? The First Amendment states only that “Congress shall make no law” abridging freedom of speech.

An attorney for the government also said the First Amendment claims are just a ruse because the plaintiffs want Alligator Alcatraz shut down.

He later filed a civil suit alleging violation of his First Amendment rights based on 42 U.S. Code, Section 1983, which allows individuals to sue governments over alleged violations of their civil rights.

"Although educators have First Amendment rights, these rights do not extend without limit into their professional duties,” Kamoutsas said.

Constitution's First Amendment when officials cut some $12 million in grants to the academy.

“Requiring a teacher to purge their workspace of anything religious is blatant discrimination that violates the First Amendment.”

The SPLC filed a motion on May 26 seeking dismissal of the charges, arguing that the indictment was vindictive and that the administration targeted it for exercising its First Amendment right to identify, report on, and criticize extremist hate groups

"An established principle in the First Amendment context is that enabling individuals to voluntarily restrict problematic content at the receiving end is preferred over restricting speech at the source," Walker wrote in a 58-page opinion.

The Court will decide whether the law banning the platform violates free speech protections under the First Amendment. If the Court doesn't delay or block the law, TikTok will be banned in the United States from Jan. 19.

A lawsuit was filed in September 2025 by associations and labor groups representing employees at the university’s 10 campuses, alleging violations of First Amendment rights.

Ferguson said that while the First Amendment protects corporate speech, it does not shield companies from liability for material misrepresentations or unfair practices.

“Laws that regulate the initiative process itself (as opposed to laws that regulate supporters’ speech about initiatives) do not implicate the First Amendment.”

"The First Amendment protects political speech even though it offends some. This lawsuit seeks to prohibit defendants from retaliating against Professor Hook for exercising his First Amendment right to speak on political matters."

He also argued the bill cannot reach its target, because a university announcing it had joined BDS would be engaged in expressive activity protected by the First Amendment and therefore outside the bill's scope.

Claiming the law violated the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, challengers sued to block it under Section 1983 of Title 42 of the U.S.

Addressing the First Amendment claims, Jackson said that Strzok had failed to provide evidence that officials in the first Trump administration had treated him "more harshly than they would have treated employees in similar circumstances because the viewpoint

Constitution's First Amendment and making their names known would violate their constitutional rights.

The order directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to send appropriate cases to state and local authorities and to pursue charges in line with the First Amendment.

Amendment to the Constitution.

His Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom became a cornerstone for the First Amendment.

TikTok had challenged the divestment law as unconstitutional under the First Amendment, and a three-judge panel in federal court had upheld the law earlier this month.

She ruled that the terminations violated the First Amendment and Fifth Amendment and that DOGE had no legal authority to cancel the grants. “What mattered to DOGE was not whether a grant lacked scholarly merit. ... 

"I'm confident that the procedures that we have in place to protect the First Amendment and protect the freedom of the press and not result in intimidation of journalists or the like were followed," he said.

This cannot comport with the free flow of information the First Amendment protects."

"I'm cautiously optimistic that the court is going to continue to bullishly protect the First Amendment. ... We can talk through all these legal nuanced questions.

Florida is backing farmers and agriculture at the cost of the First Amendment. Senior Fellow for the First Amendment at the Freedom Forum Gene Policinski said he could see the food disparagement clause actually benefitting the MAHA movement.