Articles Tagged: First Amendment

Attorney says denial violates First Amendment

President-elect Donald Trump and his lawyers ramped up their legal campaign against news outlets, filing a lawsuit late Monday against renowned Iowa pollster Ann Selzer, her polling firm, The Des Moines Register and the newspaper’s parent company, Gannett.

Republicans say religious freedom has been weakened by court decisions; Democrats say bill would give individuals license to discriminate

The Satanic Temple has filed a damage estimate putting the cost to replace the statute at $3,000. The group is also requesting $3,299.55 in restitution for “travel and security expenses” for “food, lodging, van rental, communications equipment and bullet proof vests that were a necessity in completing the task of removing our holiday display at the state capitol.”

Laura Belin had claimed in the lawsuit that her constitutional rights were violated when the Iowa House Clerk denied her credential applications from 2019 through 2024

The suit argues that the House Clerk cannot deny credentials based on political viewpoint or on the type of media for which a journalist reports.

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s campaign announced she has accepted the invitation to CNN’s GOP presidential debate in Des Moines on Jan. 10.

Iowans touring the state Capitol this week will see two displays — one installed by the Satanic Temple and the other a nativity scene — that have sparked a debate about free expression and religious liberty.

Protests are planned on the University of Iowa campus next week, when a conservative student organization plans to host a lecture from a teenage activist who “vehemently opposes the transition of minors.”

Though a University of Iowa urology professor’s lawsuit against a UI law professor is continuing, it’s doing so absent a federal First Amendment complaint. That ruling came this week after the U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s ruling that law professor Marc Linder didn’t act as the state when slamming expert testimony from urologist James Brown.

In line with a new state law and Board of Regents policy, Iowa’s public universities are rolling out a mandatory free speech training program Wednesday that all students, faculty and staff must complete by the end of the spring semester.

Unanimously-backed bill bakes into law changes regents made or vow to

Nebraska and Wisconsin cases raise concerns