1st Amendment

Some Responses on McCutcheon and Campaign Finance Legislation

by Michael D. Ramsey | Apr 10, 2014 | 1st Amendment, Law

Michael Perry writes: I share your originalist misgivings about the plurality and Thomas opinions in McCutcheon. However, a reader of your most recent post on the mattermight conclude that you have bought into the “expected applications” version of...

McCutcheon v. FEC and the Silence of the Originalists

by Michael D. Ramsey | Apr 5, 2014 | 1st Amendment, Bill of Rights, Constitution, Law

The Supreme Court’s decision yesterday in McCutcheon v. FEC (invalidating aggregate campaign contribution limits under the First Amendment) has little of originalist interest. Chief Justice Roberts’ plurality (for himself and Justices Scalia, Kennedy and...

The End of Marsh v. Chambers?

by Michael D. Ramsey | Nov 7, 2013 | 1st Amendment, Judiciary, Law

At SCOTUSBlog, Lyle Denniston on the oral argument in Town of Greece v. Galloway: Marsh’s Demise? Or Its Renewal? From the introduction: If Justice Anthony M. Kennedy was serious that history might not be enough to justify prayers to open government meetings,...

Unconstitutional Protection for Federally Defined ‘Journalists’

by Mike Maharrey | Sep 23, 2013 | 1st Amendment, Congress

When the feds tell you they want to protect your rights, watch out! In all likelihood, that means they plan to strip some of your rights away and expand their own power. Case in point, a “shield law” for journalists currently the subject of congressional...

An Assault on Freedom of the Press

by Judge Andrew Napolitano | May 31, 2013 | 1st Amendment, Current Events

The firestorm commenced by the revelation of the execution of a search warrant on the personal email server of my Fox News colleague James Rosen continues to rage, and the conflagration engulfing the First Amendment continues to burn; and it is the Department of...

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Some Responses on McCutcheon and Campaign Finance Legislation

McCutcheon v. FEC and the Silence of the Originalists

The End of Marsh v. Chambers?

Unconstitutional Protection for Federally Defined ‘Journalists’

An Assault on Freedom of the Press

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