Minnesota Lawyer

What part of patriotism makes it OK to trash one of our nation’s most-treasured rights, free speech?

Thanks to the First Amendment, I'm free to write these words - and you're free to read them.

By now there likely are few Americans who don't recognize the names of a tiny Topeka, Kan., church and of the family that makes up most of its members - Westboro Baptist Church and the Phelps family.

The national picture for Freedom of Information laws, celebrated during national Sunshine Week (March 13-19), is bit brighter thanks to two recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions and some White House initiatives.

After the U.S. Supreme Court's Westboro Baptist Church free speech decision, many online comments critical of the 8-1 ruling did so in speech that also relied on First Amendment protection.

A small group, using the latest technology, excites fellow citizens with the concepts and possibilities of freedom after years of battling a repressive regime.

After 40 years on the job, the Minnesota News Council is closing down.

What's in the gubernatorial water supply out there, when it comes to matters of the First Amendment?

Let's begin 2011 on a hopeful note: Texas A&M University officials say they will revisit a recent decision that would have banned journalism instructors from directing students in filing open-records requests about-of all things-Texas A&M policies and practices.

Welcome 2011, and all that you offer as a New Year: a chance for a fresh start and the promise of new opportunities.