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First Amendment claims

The use of First Amendment claims to protect the right to carry guns at protests as a form of expressive conduct.

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Jan 29, 2026

How have courts ruled on municipal protest gun bans when state preemption and First/Second Amendment claims collide?

When at protests collide with state preemption statutes and constitutional claims, courts have split along two axes: statutory preemption is often dispositive—if a state has expressly occupied the fie...

Jan 28, 2026

How have settlements with Dominion, Smartmatic, Newsmax and OANN affected journalistic standards and retraction practices at U.S. cable news networks?

Settlements between voting‑technology companies and right‑leaning cable networks — most prominently ’s $787.5 million deal with and ’s confidential settlements with and — have imposed a measurable fin...

Jan 18, 2026

What legal grounds has the Department of Justice used to investigate state and local officials over noncooperation with ICE?

Reporting does not show a settled, widely publicized legal theory the Department of Justice has consistently deployed against state and local officials for refusing to cooperate with ICE; instead, rec...

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