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U.S. Supreme Court
Sep 2023
Molina v. Book

Free Speech

Molina v. Book

Whether police officers violated clearly established First Amendment rights when they tear-gassed plaintiffs for serving as legal observers in a public protest.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 2023
O鈥機onnor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed

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O鈥機onnor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed

The ACLU, the 桃子视频of Northern California, and the 桃子视频of Southern California filed amicus briefs in support of everyday people fighting for government transparency and accountability in two cases set for review by the U.S. Supreme Court this Term: O鈥機onnor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 2021
Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L.

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Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L.

On September 25, 2017, the ACLU-PA filed suit on behalf of B.L., a high school sophomore who has been cheerleading since she was in fifth grade and was expelled from the team as punishment for out-of-school speech.
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158 Free Speech Cases

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U.S. Supreme Court
May 2023

Free Speech

Privacy & Technology

Google v. Gonzalez LLC

The Supreme Court will decide whether social media and other platforms are liable for their users鈥 posts if they make recommendations or suggestions about what content to access, or whether Section 230 affords them immunity from such claims.
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U.S. Supreme Court
May 2023
Using Laptop

Free Speech

Privacy & Technology

Google v. Gonzalez LLC

The Supreme Court will decide whether social media and other platforms are liable for their users鈥 posts if they make recommendations or suggestions about what content to access, or whether Section 230 affords them immunity from such claims.
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Gonzalez v. Trevino
U.S. Supreme Court
May 2023

Free Speech

Gonzalez v. Trevino

This case is about what a plaintiff must demonstrate to sustain allegations that police arrested them in retaliation for First Amendment鈥損rotected expression. While retaliatory arrest plaintiffs generally must show that police lacked probable cause to arrest them, the petitioner in this case correctly argues that a recognized exception to that rule, for cases where police typically exercise discretion not to arrest people, must be robust to protect the free speech of government critics.
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U.S. Supreme Court
May 2023
Gonzalez v. Trevino

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Gonzalez v. Trevino

This case is about what a plaintiff must demonstrate to sustain allegations that police arrested them in retaliation for First Amendment鈥損rotected expression. While retaliatory arrest plaintiffs generally must show that police lacked probable cause to arrest them, the petitioner in this case correctly argues that a recognized exception to that rule, for cases where police typically exercise discretion not to arrest people, must be robust to protect the free speech of government critics.
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People stand in line outside a Puerto Rico elementary school waiting to be inoculated against COVID-19 as part of a mass vaccination campaign on the Island.
Puerto Rico
Apr 2023

Free Speech

Rodr铆guez-Cotto v. Pierluisi-Urrutia

This case is about whether the government can impose sweeping restrictions on 鈥渇alse alarms鈥 about public emergencies, without specifying what constitutes a false alarm.
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Puerto Rico
Apr 2023
People stand in line outside a Puerto Rico elementary school waiting to be inoculated against COVID-19 as part of a mass vaccination campaign on the Island.

Free Speech

Rodr铆guez-Cotto v. Pierluisi-Urrutia

This case is about whether the government can impose sweeping restrictions on 鈥渇alse alarms鈥 about public emergencies, without specifying what constitutes a false alarm.
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SCOTUS April 2015
U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2023

Free Speech

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303 Creative, Inc. v. Elenis

This case concerns whether applying a public-accommodation law to compel a business that chooses to serve the public to provide wedding website design services without discriminating against a same-sex couple violates the free speech clause of the First Amendment.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2023
SCOTUS April 2015

Free Speech

+2 桃子视频

303 Creative, Inc. v. Elenis

This case concerns whether applying a public-accommodation law to compel a business that chooses to serve the public to provide wedding website design services without discriminating against a same-sex couple violates the free speech clause of the First Amendment.
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Free speech
U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2023

Free Speech

Counterman v. Colorado

This case asks 鈥淸w]hether, to establish that a statement is a 鈥榯rue threat鈥 unprotected by the First Amendment, the government must show that the speaker subjectively knew or intended the threatening nature of the statement, or whether it is enough to show that an objective 鈥榬easonable person鈥 would regard the statement as a threat of violence.鈥
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U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2023
Free speech

Free Speech

Counterman v. Colorado

This case asks 鈥淸w]hether, to establish that a statement is a 鈥榯rue threat鈥 unprotected by the First Amendment, the government must show that the speaker subjectively knew or intended the threatening nature of the statement, or whether it is enough to show that an objective 鈥榬easonable person鈥 would regard the statement as a threat of violence.鈥
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