First amendment

Published
August 21, 2023

The initial online search spurring a raid on a Kansas paper was legal, a state agency says

The raid on the Record put it and its hometown of about 1,900 residents at the center of a debate about press freedoms protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and Kansas’ Bill of Rights.
Published
August 14, 2023

Kansas police, small newspaper at center of 1st Amendment fight after newsroom raid

While a restaurant owner accused the newspaper of unlawfully seeking information on the status of her driver's license, the newspaper countered that it received that information unsolicited, which it verified through public online records.
Published
August 13, 2023

Police face criticism for raiding central Kansas newspaper, seizing phones and computers

The newspaper plans to sue the police department and possibly others, its publisher and co-owner said and called the raid an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment’s free press guarantee.
Published
August 13, 2023

Augusta officials look to ban hate-speech and other offensive materials from buildings in public view

City councilors cold to proposal to regulate murals, but direct city attorney to recommend changes to city regulations to ensure hate symbols and other offensive images or words can't be placed on building walls visible to the public.
Published
July 4, 2023

Judge limits Biden administration in working with social media companies

The lawsuit alleged that the federal government overstepped in its efforts to convince social media companies to address postings that could result in vaccine hesitancy during the COVID-19 pandemic or affect elections.

Published
April 4, 2023

Commentary: Maine must stop trying to bypass Supreme Court decision on schools

The outcome in Carson v. Makin made clear that such religious discrimination in our education system must end. Why hasn’t it?
Published
March 29, 2023

Clarence Page: Don’t let press freedom die in the ‘Sunshine State,’ or anywhere else

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis claims he’s helping ordinary people while threatening rights that make our democracy a model for the world.
Published
March 4, 2023

Access denied: Authorities refuse to release records for Maine school shooter hoax calls

First Amendment advocates across New England say the sweeping decision sets a dangerous precedent.
Published
February 25, 2023

Commentary: Outcry over King email to Twitter predictably overblown

The sending of the email isn't as serious as those presenting it or promoting it would have us believe.
Published
January 21, 2023

Commentary: To protect the free speech of all Maine voters, we must take action now

No other state in the country has such a strong tradition of ordinary citizens standing up for our rights as voters against big donors. That energy must be sustained in 2023.