Luncheon Speakers
Kurt Wimmer, Esq. (left) moderates a panel on “Free Expression Issues for the Media in 2019” at a Communications Forum luncheon at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, D.C., on February 6. Panelists included …
First Amendment Trends
A collection of timely articles and essays on current developments by members of The Media Institute’s First Amendment Advisory Council.
The First Amendment: Rock Star of the American Constitution
October 18, 2017 | Foreword by Floyd Abrams
Old Tools in Different Hands: Speech Regulation on Campus
September 27, 2018 | By Greg Lukianoff and Adam Goldstein
Wearing Political Messages Inside a Polling Place
May 1, 2018 | By Rodney Smolla
The Epistemic and Moral Dimensions of Fake News and the First Amendment
March 28, 2018 | By Ashley Messenger
End Discrimination Against Digital Billboards
November 27, 2017 | By David L. Hudson, Jr.
Media & Communications Policy Blog
Informed and thoughtful commentary on a variety of First Amendment and communications policy issues.
Campaign To Break Big Tech Is Regulatory Overkill
By Guest Author Adonis Hoffman, Esq.
When Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D) first went on the warpath against big banks, she captured the …
Who Will Keep the Sun Shining?
By Richard T. Kaplar
The news media’s annual celebration of Sunshine Week, which takes place March 10-16, has always called to mind …
Conflict and Compromise Await New Congress in Telecom, Media, Tech
By Guest Author Adonis Hoffman, Esq.
A new era of American history begins when the 116th Congress convenes in January 2019 with one of the most …
Issue Watch
Facebook has settled complaints and lawsuits with the ACLU, Communications Workers of America, and the National …
President Donald Trump has once again recommended phasing out federal funding for noncommercial TV and radio– …
Broadcasters and movie studios rate the TV content ratings/guideline system as working quite well, pointing to “public …
Federal Agency Comments
Recent Court Briefs
Defamation Protection for Reporting on Science Controversies
Croce v. New York Times Co.
First Amendment and Common Law Presumption of Access
Bradley v. Ackal
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C-SPAN's 40th Anniversary is a Celebration of Democracy | NCTA — The Internet & Television Association https://t.co/8tzHa03SNm
From our blog, Campaign to Break Big Tech is Regulatory Overkill by guest author @AdonisHoffman https://t.co/to4SwXvYMX
Recently participated in an amicus brief w/ @rcfp & 41 media orgs. filed w/the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in support of @nytimes in Croce v. New York Times Co., urging defamation protection in reporting of science controversies. More here: https://t.co/Jx5XeMDUkh
October 21-27, 2019
Free Speech Week is a yearly,
non-partisan celebration of the value of
free speech and expression.
