Tag Archives | First Amendment rights

Biden DOJ indicts four Americans for “weaponized” free speech

Originally published: Caitlin A Johnstone Blog on April 19, 2023 (more by Caitlin A Johnstone Blog) |

The Biden administration’s Department of Justice has just charged four members of the African People’s Socialist Party (APSP) for conspiring to act as agents of Russia by using speech and political action in ways the DOJ says “weaponized” the First Amendment rights of Americans.
As anti-BDS bills become the norm, ACLU takes free speech fight to the Supreme Court

Originally published: MintPress News on July 7, 2022 by Jessica Buxbaum (more by MintPress News) | (Posted Jul 09, 2022)

In June, a federal appeals court upheld an Arkansas law barring state contractors from boycotting Israel, sparking concerns over First Amendment rights in the United States.