Aegis
Who Do You Sue? State and Platform Hybrid Power Over Online Speech
Daphne Keller Tue, Jan 29, 2019, 2:37 PM
Announcing the latest edition of the Aegis Paper Series from the Hoover Institution.
Latest in First Amendment
First Amendment
Document: Fourth Circuit Says Virginia Politician’s Facebook Page is a ‘Public Forum’ and that First Amendment Prohibits Blocking Constituents
Matthew Kahn Mon, Jan 7, 2019, 2:18 PM
On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled in Davidson v. Randall that a Virginia county official who blocked a constituent's access to the official’s Facebook page had violated the First Amendment. The court held that the official’s Facebook account amounted to a “public forum” and that blocking constituent access based on political viewpoints is unconstitutional. The full ruling is below.
First Amendment
Why the White House Can’t Stop Omarosa Manigault-Newman From Talking
Bradley P. Moss Tue, Aug 14, 2018, 12:19 PM
Contrary to what President Trump might think, he lacks any authority to censor the unclassified communications of former federal employees.
First Amendment
When the President Attacks the Press
Carrie Cordero Wed, Aug 23, 2017, 2:00 PM
The President’s hostility to the press is inconsistent with an ability to fulfill, and fitness for, his constitutional role as Commander in Chief.
First Amendment
Blocking Twitter Users from the Presidential Account
Robert Loeb Tue, Jun 13, 2017, 5:31 PM
President Trump’s alleged blocking of members of the public on Twitter on what appear to be viewpoint-based considerations, preventing them from reading his tweets and responding to them, raises serious constitutional issues.
First Amendment
Does the First Amendment Require Release of Secret Surveillance Court Documents?
Michael Linhorst Tue, Dec 13, 2016, 10:00 AM
In an October motion, the ACLU argued that a First Amendment “right of access” mandates release of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court's opinions. Read on for a primer on the underlying legal theory.
Brief Reviews
The History of Do-It-Yourself Weapons and Explosives Manuals in America
Kenneth Anderson Tue, Jun 21, 2016, 2:49 PM
A brief review of Ann Larabee's The Wrong Hands: Popular Weapons Manuals and Their Historic Challenges to a Democratic Society.
Civil Liberties and Constitutional Rights
Free Speech in an Era of Self-Radicalization
Matthew Weybrecht Fri, Feb 26, 2016, 7:24 AM
To what extent would the First Amendment allow Congress to pass a law allowing the government to target speech that encourages individual acts of terrorism, either by shutting down websites or by prosecuting the “speakers” themselves?
Privacy
Coping with the Right to be Forgotten: A Business Opportunity
Herb Lin Wed, Dec 30, 2015, 9:37 AM
Since the Right to be Forgotten apparently does not require deletion from the World Wide Web of the information itself, there seems to be a business model in this rule for some enterprising party.