All Episodes

IRS Donor Disclosure Law: What First Amendment Standard of Review Applies? (The Buckeye Institute v. Internal Revenue Service)

Can Government Retaliate Against Critics by Launching an Investigation and Demanding Documents? (Media Matters for America v. Federal Trade Commission)

Can Government Punish Nondisruptive Private Speech of Its Employees? (Hussey v. City of Cambridge, et al.)

Can Government Refuse Media Credentials Based on a Journalist’s Viewpoint? (Utah Political Watch, et al. v. Musselman, et al.)

Buckley v. Valeo Expert Panel Discussion

Oral Arguments in the Landmark Case That Saved Democracy (Buckley v. Valeo, 1976)

Can Congress Limit Coordination Between a Party and Its Candidates? (National Republican Senatorial Committee, et al. v. Federal Election Commission, et al.)

Can the Government Constitutionally Use Broad Subpoena Power in a Way that Chills Nonprofit and Donor Speech? (First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin)

Can the Government Limit Access to a Citizen Flag Pole Based on Viewpoint? (Scaer, et al. v. City of Nashua, et al.)

Can the White House Exclude Journalists From Limited-Access Events Based on Viewpoint? (Associated Press v. Taylor Budowich, et al.)

Can Schools Ban Parents from Silent Protest on School Grounds? (Fellers v. Kelley)

May Burdensome Disclosure Laws Create a De Facto Ban on Political Ads? (State of Washington v. Meta Platforms, Inc.)

Can States Censor Conversations Between Therapists and Clients? (Chiles v. Salazar)

Can Arizona Expand Donor Disclosure Beyond Election Campaign Speech? (Center for Arizona Policy, Inc., et al. v. Arizona Secretary of State, et al.)

Can Legislative Committees Ban ‘Misgendering’ During Public Comment? (Gays Against Groomers, et al. v. Garcia, et al.)

Can a California City Silence a Critic Through Targeted Campaign Finance Laws? (Moving Oxnard Forward, Inc. v. Lourdes Lopez)

Can Public Universities Censor Faculty Critics? (Lowery v. Mills)

Can States Ban Ballot Speech by Lawful Permanent Residents? (OPAWL – Building AAPI Feminist Leadership v. Dave Yost)

Free Speech Arguments - Can Maine’s State Legislature Deny Voting Rights to a Legislator for a Social Media Post? (Libby v. Fecteau)

Can Arizona Compel Broad Donor Disclosure for Ordinary Speech? (Americans for Prosperity, et al. v. Meyer, et al.)

Can States Prohibit Pro-Bono Litigation Services for Candidates? (Institute for Free Speech v. J.R. Johnson, et al.)

Can the White House Ban Outlets from the Press Pool? (Associated Press v. Taylor Budowich)

Can States Ban the Teaching of Some Controversial Concepts? (Local 8027, AFT-New Hampshire, AFL-CIO v. Edelblut)

Can Public Schools Compel Preferred Pronoun Usage? (Parents Defending Education v. Olentangy Local School District, et al.)

Can the SEC Permanently Silence Critics? (Powell, et al. v. SEC)

Can Public School Teachers Challenge Mandatory Equity Training as a First Amendment Violation? (Henderson v. Springfield R-12 School District)

Can Texas Force Adults to Verify Their Age Before Visiting Adult Websites? (Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton)

Can the Government Shut Down TikTok or Force its Sale? (TikTok Inc. v. Merrick Garland)

Can the Government Force Drug Companies to Say that Government-Set Prices Are “Fair?” (Bristol Myers Squibb Co v. Secretary United States Department of HHS)

Can School Boards Censor Parents for Harsh Criticism of School Officials? (Moms for Liberty v. Wilson County Board of Education)

Can States Ban Political Spending by U.S. Companies with Minor Foreign Ownership? (Central Maine Power Company)

Can Public Libraries Remove Books Based on Viewpoint? (Little v. Llano County)

Can the Government Ban TikTok? (TikTok Inc. v. Merrick Garland)

Is California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code Act Constitutional? (NetChoice, LLC v. Bonta)

Can California Compel Social Media Platforms to Report to the State How They Moderate Hate Speech, Extremism, Etc.? (X Corp. v. Bonta)

The Imperial Sovereign Court of the State of Montana v. Knudsen

Can You Be Punished for Sharing Publicly Broadcast Court Hearings (Somberg v. McDonald)

Florida's STOP Woke Act in Higher Education (Pernell v. Lamb)

Episode 11: NRSC, et al. v. FEC, et al.

Episode 10: U.S. v. Sittenfeld

Episode 9: Diei v. Boyd

Episode 8: Spectrum WT v. Wendler

Episode 7: Fischer v. U.S.

Episode 6: U.S. v. Mackey

Episode 5: Gilliam v. Gerregano

Episode 4: Gonzalez v. Trevino

Episode 3: Murthy v. Missouri

Episode 2: NRA v. Vullo

Episode 1: Moody v. NetChoice, LLC and NetChoice, LLC v. Paxton