first amendment

1st Amendment 

House Democrats Prioritize Bill to Restrict Free Speech

January 2, 2019January 2, 2019 Marc Kilmer 0 Comments DISCLOSE Act, first amendment, free speech, Honest Ads Act, HR 1, Insitute for Free Speech

The new House of Representatives takes office tomorrow. What is the first major order of business for the Democratic majority?

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1st Amendment Arkansas Politics 

Justice Goodson is a Danger to the Constitution

October 29, 2018October 29, 2018 Marc Kilmer 0 Comments Courtney Goodson, first amendment, Rapid Response Team, Republican State Leadership Committee, RRT, RSLC

You may have read ads questioning Justice Courtney Goodson’s ethics. Or you may have read news stories (or blog posts)

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1st Amendment Arkansas Politics Government Our Rights Politics 

Fighting for the First Amendment in Arkansas

August 29, 2018September 10, 2018 Marc Kilmer 0 Comments Courtney Goodson, Doug Martin, first amendment, freedom of speech

It’s campaign season. That means people are going to be saying negative things about candidates running for office. To those

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1st Amendment Our Rights 

The Importance of Donor Privacy

July 26, 2018September 10, 2018 Marc Kilmer 0 Comments Donor Privacy, first amendment, HB 1005, NAACP, Rep. Clarke Tucker

Can the government force a private organization to reveal its donors? Sixty years ago, the Supreme Court ruled in NAACP

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1st Amendment Government Our Rights 

Courtney Goodson’s Attack on Due Process and the First Amendment

May 16, 2018September 10, 2018 Marc Kilmer 0 Comments arkansas supreme court, Courtney Goodson, Doug Martin, due process, Elections, first amendment, free speech, John Brummett

Everybody in Arkansas who pays attention to elections knows that state Supreme Court Justice Courtney Goodson’s public profile is not

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1st Amendment Government Our Rights 

Quashing Speech at the University of Arkansas?

November 27, 2017September 10, 2018 Marc Kilmer 0 Comments first amendment, freedom of speech, Joshua Silverstein, Pete Tschumi, Robert Steinbuch, transparency, University of Arkansas, University of Arkansas Board of Trustees

Here at the Arkansas Project, we continue to have concerns about the direction of the University of Arkansas. We see

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Arkansas Legislature Arkansas Politics Arkansas Republicans Individual Freedom Legislation & Regulation 

Senator Hutchinson On Religion, Cowardice, and Cannabis

April 8, 2015 Marc Kilmer 2 Comments first amendment, Religious Freedom, religious freedom restoration act, RFRA

It is unusual for a state senator to explain that he is a coward. Recently, state Sen. Jeremy Hutchinson applied

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1st Amendment Arkansas Legislature Arkansas Republicans Civil Liberties Property Rights 

Arkansas To Be First State in The Nation to Protect Photographers’ Rights

March 30, 2015 Dan Greenberg 11 Comments first amendment, Photography and Videography, Rep. John Walker, Rep. Richard Womack

Arkansas is poised to be the first state in the Union to establish a statutory right to take photographs in

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1st Amendment 2015 General Assembly Arkansas Politics Civil Liberties 

A Good Day For the First Amendment at the Capitol

March 23, 2015 Caleb Taylor 1 Comment Arkansas Legislature, clarke tucker, first amendment, free speech, Richard Womack

Today was a good day for free speech in Arkansas.

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Arkansas Legislature Arkansas Media 

Right to Record: Little Rock Case Affirms Need for Protecting Citizens’ Rights

November 9, 2011 Dan Greenberg 6 Comments bullying, civil liberties, cyberbullying, Dan Greenberg, first amendment, free speech

On October 29 in Little Rock, a disagreement between an off-duty cop and a civilian at the upscale Ferneau restaurant erupted

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