First Amendment Archives

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Free Speech Is What Allows Us to Govern Ourselves in America

September 13, 2019

Among the many things that make America great is our freedom of speech without government reprisal. In fact, one of our Founding Fathers, James Madison, believed that free speech should be nearly absolute. He also said that those who try to restrict free sp...

Newsom Signs Tax-Returns Law Aimed at Trump

AP News

July 30, 2019

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law Tuesday requiring presidential candidates to release their tax returns to appear on the state's primary ballot, a move aimed squarely at Republican President Donald T...

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Exhibit Highlights Cartoonists’ Focus on First Amendment

AP News

May 28, 2019

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The First Amendment right to free speech is no laughing matter, as illustrated by a new exhibit at the world's largest cartoon library. "We focused on editorial cartoonists and the First Ame...

Stockton School Newspaper Will Run Story on Student Working in Porn

AP News

May 3, 2019

STOCKTON — The Lodi Unified School District has decided to allow a high school newspaper to publish a profile of an 18-year-old student who works in the porn industry. The district won't stop the story from running Friday in the Bear Creek High School paper...

Suit Targets California’s Ban on ‘Come on You Whites’ Plate

AP News

April 10, 2019

LOS ANGELES — A soccer fan says in a lawsuit that the California Department of Motor Vehicles violated his First Amendment rights by rejecting a personalized license plate he said would celebrate his favorite t...

California Court: Old Police Misconduct Records Are Public

AP News

April 3, 2019

SACRAMENTO — Law enforcement agencies in California must release police misconduct records even if the behavior occurred before a new transparency law took effect, a state court of appeals has ruled. "These ...

Students Will Learn From Who’s Who of Valley Journalists on Friday

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February 21, 2019

Four hundred students and their teachers will learn how to improve their skills at the third annual Fresno City College Journalism Conference on Friday. All of the presenters are local professional journalists, media experts, or instructors. They will cover...

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Trump Cheers as Supreme Court Deals Big Setback to Labor Unions

Bill McEwen

June 27, 2018

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that government workers can't be forced to contribute to labor unions that represent them in collective bargaining, dealing a serious financial blow to organized l...

Trump Can’t Block You on Twitter, Judge Rules

Bill McEwen

May 23, 2018

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump violates the First Amendment when he blocks critics on Twitter because of their political views, a judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald in Manhatt...

What To Do About Jarrar? Ignore Her and Keep Elevating Fresno State.

Bill McEwen

May 3, 2018

Those offended by Fresno State professor Randa Jarrar's tweets can quit wasting their time demanding that the university fire her. Her ugly tweets — posted by Jarrar to call attention to herself — are protected by the First Amendment. For those who have for...

Israel's Netanyahu Given Chance to Form New Government

Newsom Calls for Attorney General Probe of California’s High Gas Prices

California Independents Can Vote in Democrats’ 2020 Primary

New Restaurants Show Meat-Free Mexican Is Not a Carne Sin

Bond Measures Could Raise Megabucks for Schools — and Taxes

21st District House Money: a Look at Cox vs. Valadao

California Families Are Hungry While a Third of Crops Rot in Fields

US Single-Family Homebuilding Ticks up, Apartments Fall

Sloppy 49ers Beat Steelers 24-20 on Late Garoppolo TD Pass

New Restaurants Show Meat-Free Mexican Is Not a Carne Sin

T-Pain Concert, Other Events Pack Fresno State Homecoming Week

Brooks & Dunn, Ray Stevens Join Country Music Hall of Fame

Walters: Holding Schools Accountable

Walters: Banning Not Just a City’s Name

Opinion: Valley Should Not Be Held Captive to PG&E Failures

Gideon Levy: ‘The Two-State Solution has Left the Station’

Can You Hear Us Now? Give the GV Wire 'Listen' Feature a Try.

Trump Explains His Pillars of Policy Home and Abroad

Muslim Youth Have a Place to Call Their Own at My Deen

NW Fresno Council Candidates Clash Over Police, Homeless

Biden: Racism in US Is Institutional, 'White Man's Problem'

California Independents Can Vote in Democrats’ 2020 Primary

21st District House Money: a Look at Cox vs. Valadao

With Warren’s Rise, Biden Faces Dems’ Anxiety About 2020 Bid

Free Speech Is What Allows Us to Govern Ourselves in America

Newsom Signs Tax-Returns Law Aimed at Trump

Exhibit Highlights Cartoonists’ Focus on First Amendment

Stockton School Newspaper Will Run Story on Student Working in Porn

Suit Targets California’s Ban on ‘Come on You Whites’ Plate

California Court: Old Police Misconduct Records Are Public

Students Will Learn From Who’s Who of Valley Journalists on Friday

Trump Cheers as Supreme Court Deals Big Setback to Labor Unions

Trump Can’t Block You on Twitter, Judge Rules

What To Do About Jarrar? Ignore Her and Keep Elevating Fresno State.

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