Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee denied former President Donald Trump’s motion Thursday to dismiss the indictment based on the First Amendment. A Texas national guardsman has been apprehended in an alleged attempt to smuggle an illegal immigrant into the United States. NTD brings you body camera footage of the arrest after a high-speed chase. A […]
House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer has invited President Joe Biden to testify publicly as part of the GOP’s impeachment inquiry. Rep. Comer (R-Ky.) said Americans need to hear from the president himself. He said that way, President Biden can explain why his family received tens of millions of dollars from foreign companies with his […]
In Georgia, former President Donald Trump’s attorney argues that the RICO indictment against his client should be dismissed based on the First Amendment—but the judge seems skeptical. The bodies of two of the six construction workers missing after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore have been recovered.
Fulton County, Georgia, Judge Scott McAfee, hears former President Donald Trump’s lawyers’ arguments at 10:00 a.m. ET on March 28 on whether President Trump’s political speech on the Georgia election case should be protected by the First Amendment.
The Supreme Court may soon consider whether honking a car horn is a constitutionally protected form of free speech. Although Americans have long sounded the horns of their vehicles to express themselves politically, many states, including California, forbid honking the horn on one’s automobile except to warn of a safety hazard. Officials say hitting the […]
Attorneys for former President Donald Trump filed a motion on Friday to temporarily lift the gag order imposed on him in the federal criminal case while he seeks a ruling from an appeals court. Hours later, Judge Tanya Chutkan approved an administrative stay, or pause, on her gag order while President Trump makes his appeal. […]
https://www.youmaker.com/embed/6a6c8042-d3d0-4bb3-a02a-21234eb799b1?r=16×9&d=55In a lawsuit filed Friday, two conservative groups argue that the Biden administration overstepped its power when it announced its plan to cancel $39 billion in student loans. The groups are asking a federal court to block the plan. Elon Musk has pledged to foot the legal bills for users who were “unfairly treated” by […]
You can now serve up to five years in prison and have a felony charge on your record—for using the wrong pronouns. NTD’S Daniel Monaghan spoke with attorney and First Amendment legal specialist Erin Mersino about a new bill in Michigan that she says aims to chill free speech.
A federal judge has made a historic ruling by partially granting an injunction that blocks various Biden administration officials and government agencies like the Justice Department and the FBI from working with big tech firms to censor posts on social media. The injunction came in response to a censorship-by-proxy lawsuit brought by attorneys general in […]
The Supreme Court threw out on June 27 by a 7–2 vote a Colorado man’s conviction for making threats online against an entertainer because his intent in trying to communicate with her was never considered. The case raised an important First Amendment issue in an age when so much communication takes place online using text, […]
The Supreme Court decided June 5 to consider whether a progressive activist can trademark a belittling phrase targeting former President Donald Trump for use on T-shirts. The ruling puts the administration of President Joe Biden, a Democrat, in the unusual position of defending the interests of Trump, who is again seeking the Republican Party’s presidential […]
ORLANDO, Fla.—Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking that a federal judge be disqualified from the First Amendment lawsuit filed by Disney against the Florida governor and his appointees, claiming the jurist’s prior statements in other cases have raised questions about his impartiality on the state’s efforts to take over Disney World’s governing body. DeSantis’s attorney filed […]
Pro-life activist Mark Houck was found not guilty by a federal court in Philadelphia on Jan. 30 on charges that arose from an October 2021 altercation outside a Planned Parenthood clinic. Houck was accused of twice violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, which prohibits “violent, threatening, damaging, and obstructive conduct intended […]
The new Republican-majority House voted Tuesday afternoon to create a select subcommittee to investigate the “weaponization of the government” by federal law enforcement agencies under Democrat President Joe Biden’s administration. The special panel would have various functions, including the authority to have subpoena power to receive information on intelligence-related activity that’s typically only shared with the House Intelligence […]
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) officials are proposing new federal regulations they claim will better protect the religion and conscience rights of individuals seeking or providing health care services. The proposed regulation—the Safeguarding the Rights of Conscience as Protected by Federal Statutes—was posted in the Federal Register on Dec. 29 for a 60-day […]
A state senator in Arizona said the voting strength of residents was diluted and their constitutional rights were violated during the midterm elections. He’s suing Governor-Elect Katie Hobbs and Maricopa County officials. Department of Homeland Security head Alejandro Mayorkas visited the U.S.-Mexico border on Dec. 13, as House Republicans called to impeach him over the […]
New Civil Liberties Alliance’s litigation counsel Jenin Younes told NTD it’s rare for high-ranking government officials to be deposed. That’s after a judge ruled that depositions of Dr. Anthony Fauci and some White House officials were warranted in a First Amendment case.
President Joe Biden visits Florida. What does he say about damage caused by Hurricane Ian, and how is Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis addressing Biden’s actions? OPEC ignores Biden’s plea to ramp up production and instead does exactly the opposite. It’s slashing oil production—the biggest cut in two years. How is the White House responding? The […]
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody filed an appeal with the Supreme Court asking the court to decide if states have the power to regulate how social media companies moderate content on their platforms. Given growing public interest in the issue of social media censorship, the Supreme Court may have difficulty refusing to hear the case. […]
A law firm recently got records from the Biden Administration showing the CDC worked with social media companies to flag “misinformation” about the COVID-19 vaccine. A former Justice Department attorney told NTD whether or not the CDC violated the First Amendment.
