By the end of the Hack Jam, youth and mentors alike carried a newfound understanding of the scope and power of freedom of speech.
Gizele Rubeiz | Posted 05.07.2012
One of the least understood principles of copyright is the method by which it is acquired. Copyright exists automatically, as soon as an original work is created in fixed (tangible) form.
Larry Atkins | Posted 04.26.2012
Asserting his First Amendment right to take photos of police action in public, Van Kuyk refused the officers' request for him to stop taking the photos, but the officers arrested him and charged him with obstruction, resisting arrest, and disorderly conduct.
Al Norman | Posted 04.16.2012
Wal-Mart has used its legal muscle countless times to appeal local zoning decisions to the county courts, to the appeals courts, and beyond. The corporation has more lawsuits than men's suits.
Aubree Eliza Weaver | Posted 04.11.2012
How are First Amendment rights different for people serving our country? Now, hear me out when I say that I'm rather torn on this issue.
HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 03.29.2012
Labor unions and Tea Party activists came together at the Georgia statehouse Thursday morning to speak out against a controversial bill that they say ...
Posted 03.19.2012
A group of Chicago journalists attempting to cover the fatal shooting of a 6-year-old girl over the weekend were cursed at and handcuffed by Chicago p...
Doug Bandow | Posted 05.08.2012
Leave it to radio personality Rush Limbaugh to turn a serious policy issue into a personal attack. But the moral character of Sandra Fluke doesn't matter. What should worry the rest of us is her apparent belief that we all are obligated to make sure that she can have sex for free.
John W. Whitehead | Posted 05.16.2012
Activities which were once considered a major component of democratic life in America are now being criminalized. Bubble zones and free speech zones, in essence, destroy the very purpose of the First Amendment.
Posted 02.16.2012
A bill that would allow schools to punish students for off-campus activities -- even while at the mall on weekends -- reached Indiana's state Senate C...
AP | By DON BABWIN | Posted 05.16.2012
CHICAGO -- Protesters will be flocking to Chicago for May's G-8 and NATO summits armed with smartphones, video cameras and links to social media sites...
Anthony Gregory | Posted 03.12.2012
The Supreme Court this week heard oral arguments in FCC v. Fox. In this important first amendment case, the Judges will determine whether to enact significant limitations to the Federal Communication Commission's power to censor the airwaves.
Leslie Gabel-Brett | Posted 01.29.2012
Every time people watch peaceful protesters getting pepper-sprayed or hear that an Occupy protester suffered brain damage and almost died after being shot with a rubber bullet, more become fearful of exercising their rights.
Esther Wojcicki | Posted 01.24.2012
We are a country who says the glass is half empty instead of half full. We need to change our perspective, at least on Thanksgiving. We all have reasons to be thankful.
Posted 12.14.2011
David Lane, a well-known Denver attorney and first amendment defender, thinks that City of Denver authorities have gone too far in their reaction agai...
Christina Gagnier | Posted 01.19.2012
Universities are supposed to be laboratories in and of themselves, allowing students to explore their education and interests. This can include becoming passionate about issues and exercising one's First Amendment rights as an expression of such.
Hector Villagra | Posted 01.18.2012
Why will the many weeks' long peaceful protest and encampment be closed down, you may ask? Is it concern over public health? Nope. Is it a threat to public safety? Think again. It's the lawn.
The Huffington Post | By Matt Ferner | Posted 01.09.2012
The Colorado Conference of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), a university professors' rights organization, released a report l...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 12.19.2011
WASHINGTON -- Naomi Wolf is a permit nerd. In her recent book, "Give Me Liberty: A Handbook For American Revolutionaries," she dedicated ample spa...
Todd Brewster | Posted 12.13.2011
The O'Reillys are an Irish Catholic family, and suddenly this summer their inn became the subject of a federal lawsuit and a vicious Internet posting campaign for its decision to deny a lesbian couple its grounds for their marriage rite.
Coleen Rowley | Posted 11.29.2011
We plan to use every bit of our Free Speech guarantees in line with our Founding Fathers' wisdom this next week in Freedom Plaza.
Conchita Sarnoff | Posted 09.13.2011
While attending Wednesday's hearing I was forewarned by a colleague that I might be served in the courtroom and should immediately leave the hearing before Epstein's attorneys recognized me since trying to serve me in Florida on numerous occasions this year.
The Huffington Post | Andrea Rael | Posted 08.08.2011
Bob McIntosh, 51, was arrested for cursing out a police officer after getting caught speeding in a school zone and is now being rewarded with a settle...
The Huffington Post | Ryan Grenoble | Posted 07.26.2011
Shane Boor, a 35-year-old Colorado man arrested for extending his middle finger toward a Colorado State Trooper, will receive free defense services fr...
The Huffington Post | Andrea Rael | Posted 07.17.2011
Moffat County School District reversed their ban on the "I Heart Boobies! Keep a Breast!" bracelets on Monday, saying in a press release that they nev...
Sharon Mizrahi | Posted 05.21.2012