In most countries other than the USA, hate speech is a crime. In fact, in Germany you can end up spending five years in prison for hate speech. The United States has a long history of trying to deal with this type of speech, and currently there are pretty tight restrictions on criminal punishments for... Continue Reading →

Private institutions have the ability to fire anyone they want for almost any reason. However, public institutions are bound by the First Amendment and the Constitution. With the First Amendment protecting all kinds of speech, this has caused more than a few problems. Most recently, a professor at Indiana University has been under fire for... Continue Reading →

One of the most famous whistleblowers in American history is Edward Snowden, a man who revealed just how much information the government is collecting on us. While he is off hiding from the U.S. government in Russia, we citizens have to deal with the implications of the information he revealed. When Snowden revealed his findings... Continue Reading →

Student journalists at Central Washington University are speaking out after months of interference from the university's administration. The university's student-run newspaper and television station have been trying to prepare for the real world of journalism, but the university has forced them to change the way they go about reporting. To interview any employee, faculty or... Continue Reading →

If you ask someone whether whistleblowers are good or bad, you are going to get very different responses based on who you ask. For example, if you were to ask someone from the government, they would probably say bad. But if you were to ask the editor of a major newspaper, their opinion would be... Continue Reading →

On October 18, a suit was filed against a North County officer for violating the First Amendment. In 2018, a woman named Sarah Townsend was at a Mobil Gas Station talking to a man in a wheelchair when a North County police officer pulled up and began to arrest the man. Seeing no reason for... Continue Reading →

When it comes to the media coverage of a legal trial, the First Amendment and the Sixth Amendment often clash. While some will argue that the press has the right to publish whatever they want whenever they want, others believe this infringes on the rights of the defendant. This issue was first brought about in... Continue Reading →

Back in June, Phoenix police officers were being investigated for their conduct on social media. Now, the Phoenix Police Department is being sued by one of those officers who were under investigated. This brings up the issue of companies being allowed to fire you if you post something on social media, and if this therefore... Continue Reading →

You may think that a private life and personal life are the same concept, but you would be incorrect. The age of the internet has completely diminished any sort of private life you may think you have. From public records, social media, and a quick internet search pretty much anyone can find out a lot... Continue Reading →