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First Amendment/Media Law

Protesters confront police on the 101 Freeway near the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles on June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Jun 23, 2025

How covering your face became a constitutional matter: Mask debate tests free speech rights

Legal experts and First Amendment advocates are warning of a rising number of laws banning masks being wielded against protesters.

The Supreme Court is nearing the end of the term. Many early decisions have revealed surprising unanimity, though key rulings ahead are likely to reveal more division. (Fatima Yazdi/Capital News Service)
Jun 23, 2025

Supreme Court will hear case of inmate whose dreadlocks were shaved by prison guards

The Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal of a former prison inmate whose dreadlocks were cut off in violation of his religious beliefs.

Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Jun 16, 2025

Supreme Court order gives religious organizations new chance to challenge NY abortion rule

The Supreme Court sent a New York abortion insurance case back to state court over religious group exemptions.

Violent insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump breach the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Jun 10, 2025

MD man pardoned after Jan. 6 riot to be released, despite separate gun conviction

A Baltimore County man who was pardoned for his conduct at the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and pleaded guilty to an unrelated firearms charge will go free.