Constitution

If money is speech, then speech isn’t free

July 11, 2024 By Peter Certo

When the Supreme Court rules that cash payments — even bribes — are “free speech,” then those of us with less cash get a lot less free speech.

First Amendment victory: Oklahoma Supreme Court vetoes public dollars for religious ‘charter school’

July 3, 2024 By Press Associates

Charter schools are a key cause for the radical right, whose ultimate goal is to shutter public schools by diverting their cash to charters, often run by privatizers who view students as a source of profit.

Trump…or else

March 21, 2024 By Greg Kearney

The latest from award-winning People's World cartoonist Greg Kearney.

Appeals Court: Florida’s ‘Stop WOKE Act’ violates U.S. Constitution

March 11, 2024 By Mark Gruenberg

By barring speech, DeSantis’s law penalizes certain viewpoints—the greatest First Amendment sin.

U.S. bid to extradite Julian Assange under fire in UK court

February 22, 2024 By Roger McKenzie

U.S. lawyer admits there is no guarantee of constitutional protection for Wikileaks founder.