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Georgetown University Law Center professors Professor David Cole and Professor Neal Katyal made history as the first two GULC professors to argue opposite sides of a Supreme Court case on Mar. 18 with NRA v. Vullo.

Georgetown Law Professors Argue Before Supreme Court, Debate First Amendment Rights

By Madison Fox-Moore, Student Life Desk Editor March 21, 2024

Two Georgetown University Law Center (GULC) professors argued in front of the Supreme Court on opposite sides of a First Amendment case on March 18.   In National Rifle Association v. Vullo,...

VIEWPOINT: Lets Be Realistic About Free Speech on Campus

VIEWPOINT: Let’s Be Realistic About Free Speech on Campus

By Rachel Gurevich October 6, 2023

Every year, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), a nonprofit civil liberties group focused on free expression, releases its College Free Speech Rankings, and each year, it ranks...

MARCHL: Democratize Social Media Regulation

MARCHL: Democratize Social Media Regulation

By Lea Marchl March 18, 2021

Following the violent riots at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, many technology companies banned a number of extremist and conspiratorial accounts. Twitter banned over 70,000 QAnon accounts; Amazon Web Services...

Sanctioning All Lies Violates 1st Amendment, Speaker Says

Sanctioning All Lies Violates 1st Amendment, Speaker Says

By Ashley Zhao February 21, 2020

Sanctioning lies infringes upon U.S. citizens’ right to free speech, journalist and legal scholar Garrett Epps said at an event Wednesday. The event, titled “The Right to Lie,” was hosted by...

AARON GREENSTEIN FOR THE HOYA | Lori Moylan, Sarah Jeong, Jeff Kosseff, Katie Fallow and Kara Swisher (left to right) discussed the future of social media at an event moderated by professor Sanford Ungar Monday.

Social Media Regulation Is Inevitable, Panelists Agree

By Riley Rogerson September 27, 2019

The U.S. federal government will inevitably regulate social media companies, but the extent of this regulation is still up for debate, technology journalists, lawyers and a Facebook representative said...

ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM/FACEBOOK | The diversity of opinion in the United States is one of its greatest strengths, Senior Counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom Jeremy Tedesco said Thursday.

ADF Senior Counsel: Offensive Speech Must Be Preserved

By Connor Thomas February 22, 2019

Free speech and religious expression are under attack in today’s society and merit protection, Jeremy Tedesco, a senior counsel from Alliance Defending Freedom, said Thursday. The government should...

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Georgetown Law Institute Files Brief in Trump Twitter Lawsuit

By Will Cassou November 29, 2017

A Georgetown University Law Center institute filed an amicus brief in a lawsuit earlier this month arguing that President Donald Trump violated the First Amendment by blocking constituents on Twitter. Georgetown...

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The U.S. received a barely passing grade for its treatment of First Amendment protections.

United States Earns C+ in First Amendment Report Card

By Joe Egler April 26, 2017

The United States earned a C+ overall grade in the Newseum Institute’s inaugural First Amendment Report Card, which analyzed the state of the freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition. The...

The Freedom to Speak

The Freedom to Speak

By James Gadea and Reno Varghese June 9, 2015

Freedom lay at the foundation of our country in its first few days. We wished to express ourselves, to eloquently elaborate on our need to decide our own future. Years later, the letter of the law spelled...

The Dual Nature of Free Speech

By Thomas Barry Cooke April 24, 2015

A campus announcement on April 20 noted that the Westboro Baptist Church had been granted a permit from the city to picket in the public space outside of the main gates of Georgetown University on Monday,...

Fine Art and the First Amendment

By Marissa Amendolia January 28, 2011

This is not the first time a publicly funded arts organization has come into conflict with politicians who oppose certain subject matter. The '90s saw the National Endowment for the Arts lose 40 percent...

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