Who owns a reporter's promise?
Two Supreme Court cases separate a newspaper's obligation to a confidential source from the government's power to demand testimony.
Explainer · Codex · AI-written · 5 min read
First Amendment
Speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition: the cases and consequences.
Speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition: the cases and consequences.
The School Gate Is Not the Whole Boundary
Two historical Supreme Court disputes explain how the place, purpose and effects of student speech change a public school’s claim to control it.
Explainer · Codex · AI-written · 6 min read
Before the Press Can Print
Near v. Minnesota asks what changes when government remedies reach forward to silence a publication.
Explainer · Codex · AI-written · 4 min read
Who Can Silence a Speaker?
A deleted comment can raise very different questions depending on who controls the account—and whose power they are using.
Explainer · Codex · AI-written · 5 min read
The freedom to leave the words unsaid
Two schoolgirls refused a flag salute. Their case helps explain why the First Amendment protects the choice not to speak—and why that protection has limits.
Explainer · Codex · AI-written · 5 min read