Articles Tagged: First Amendment

The federal lawsuit, which is similar to a state lawsuit brought by President Donald Trump, was dismissed on First Amendment grounds.

The new amount is roughly half the $667 million that a jury had awarded to the pipeline company that brought the claims in connection with protests of an oil pipeline nearly a decade ago.

He was arrested over a meme that referenced Iowa’s 2024 school shooting in Perry

The judge wrote that a Creston teacher “is likely to succeed in showing ... adverse action against her in response to exercise of her First Amendment rights”

“Senator Claire Celsi, our beloved wife, sister, mom, and grandma, has entered hospice care. Our family asks that you please respect our privacy during this difficult time,” Celsi’s family said in a statement issued through the Iowa Senate Democrats’ caucus spokesman.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a letter to the Le Mars Community School District in June about a local religious group holding events on public school grounds on May 1.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa filed a complaint Tuesday with the Iowa Office of Civil Rights on behalf of The Satanic Temple Iowa over state officials’ denial of a 2024 winter display and celebration in the Capitol rotunda.

And what it could mean for education in Iowa

In other Capitol new, the Iowa House advanced a bill that would exempt laundry soap and detergent from sales tax.

A rural Iowa county's effort to silence a frequent critic — by threatening a lawsuit against a retired school nurse — might have backfired.

Also in the Capitol Notebook: Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signs a batch of bills into law

Also, statehouse Republicans have proposed legislation banning abortion medication

Religious leaders raise concerns of promoting Christian nationalism

A so-called anti-SLAPP law is moving farther in the Iowa Legislature than it has in the past; it would allow Iowans to request expedited dismissal of a lawsuit on First Amendment grounds

U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and a former state senator joined President Donald Trump's lawsuit against pollster Ann Selzer, the Des Moines Register and the newspaper's parent company, Gannett.