r/firstamendment • u/WhiskeyMouse • May 20 '15
r/firstamendment • u/[deleted] • Dec 04 '12
Cops to Congress: We need logs of Americans' text messages
r/firstamendment • u/funnyfaceking • Nov 19 '12
Oklahoma Teen Sentenced To Go To Church After Manslaughter Conviction
r/firstamendment • u/Kranky_Old_Dude • Feb 12 '12
FBI arrests man for uploading a 5-minute YouTube video critical of US foreign policy
r/firstamendment • u/UlkeshNaranek • May 15 '13
In Disturbing Trend, Kansas School the Latest to Punish Student for Harmless Tweet
r/firstamendment • u/UlkeshNaranek • Jul 18 '12
EFF says FBI gag orders violate service providers' free speech rights - A telephone company wants national security letters declared unconstitutional.
r/firstamendment • u/UlkeshNaranek • Jan 03 '13
Flipping-off the cops is totally constitutional
r/firstamendment • u/UlkeshNaranek • May 21 '13
DOJ And Dept. Of Education To Colleges: Start Restricting Free Speech On Campus Or Kiss Your Federal Funding Goodbye
r/firstamendment • u/UlkeshNaranek • Mar 17 '13
Illinois county to pay ACLU $600K after eavesdropping law voided by high court
r/firstamendment • u/yahoo_bot • Jul 27 '12
TSA: Filming Checkpoints is ‘Terrorism’
r/firstamendment • u/funnyfaceking • Dec 10 '12
ACLU Files Complaint after Teen Sentenced to 10 Years of Church Attendance | TIME.com
r/firstamendment • u/SilentOutburst • Jun 09 '20
FBI seize book manuscripts at gunpoint from military vet/former Treasury agent without warrant or court order. Book is about FBI corruption and 12 government and 3 corporate crimes totaling more than $5 Billion dollars and Panama Bank accounts of 87 U.S. government officials.
r/firstamendment • u/UlkeshNaranek • Feb 06 '13
Arizona Politician Parodied By Fake Twitter Accounts Pushes Bill To Make Online Impersonation A Felony
r/firstamendment • u/lookaroundyourmom • Oct 30 '11
Journalist Arrested at Occupy Nashville While Performing Job Duties - Films Video of Own Arrest
r/firstamendment • u/UlkeshNaranek • Sep 14 '12
Demanding A Student's Facebook Password A Violation Of First Amendment Rights, Judge Says
r/firstamendment • u/prhodes • Jun 18 '12
Google reports 'alarming' rise in government censorship requests
r/firstamendment • u/scobra122 • May 01 '12
Judge says Facebook “Like” Not “Substantive” Enough for 1st Amendment protection
r/firstamendment • u/unplugged_creations • Jul 13 '25
Unhinged CT State Trooper BRIAN FAHEY (not his first rodeo)
Lets say, what if you (yes YOU) reading this or I, were to spit (like HAWK TUAHHHH spit) on another member of the publics face while brandishing a firearm on public property (aka public sidewalk), what do you think would happen? Is spitting on people legal in other words? Most reasonable people would say spitting on someone is a crime.
Well apparently, if you work for the Connecticut State Troopers that grants immunity for spitting on people. Brian Fahey is unhinged. Ironicqlly he works as the sergeant for pistol permits, yet he misuses his weapon. Sounds like he needs to revoke his own permit to me. What a disgrace!!!
r/firstamendment • u/tcajun420 • May 09 '25
Veteran Confronts Committee Chair Over Recording Rights at Public Meeting
This video captures a heated exchange at a government committee meeting on criminal justice issues, where the chairwoman, Representative Debbie Villio, clashes with Louisiana Veterans for Medical Cannabis founder Tony Landry over his right to record the proceedings.
Despite Landry asserting his constitutional and state-mandated rights to video record the open public meeting, Chairwoman Villio insists that the committee’s rules prohibit recording. She directs the sergeant-at-arms, Jaubert Ambeau III, to seize Landry’s camera, leading to a tense standoff.
Louisiana Open Meetings law 42:23 §23. Audio and video recordings; live broadcast A. All of the proceedings in a public meeting may be video or tape recorded, filmed, or broadcast live.
The video highlights the conflict between the committee’s internal rules and the legal rights of citizens to document public government meetings. As a veteran, Landry invokes Louisiana’s open meetings law, which explicitly allows for audio and video recording of all public proceedings.
This footage offers a window into the challenges that can arise when government officials attempt to restrict the public’s ability to freely observe and record their activities. It raises important questions about the balance of power, transparency, and the protection of First Amendment rights in the political process.
Viewers can evaluate the merits of Landry’s position and the appropriateness of the committee chair’s actions in attempting to confiscate his camera and remove him from the meeting. This video provides a thought-provoking example of the ongoing tensions between citizens’ rights and government authority.
r/firstamendment • u/SecularProgress • Dec 19 '11
Is advocacy of jury nullification protected by the 1st Amendment?
r/firstamendment • u/uncletravellingmatt • Jan 10 '14
Court rules Yelp must ID anonymous reviewers who posted negative reviews of a company, so that they can be sued for defamation, ruling "First Amendment rights do not cover deliberately false statements."
r/firstamendment • u/boogog • Jul 03 '13
Petition to repeal the Patriot Act
r/firstamendment • u/UlkeshNaranek • Jun 28 '13