1st Amendment Current Events (6th Period) by Drew Magis

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amagis1 — 2025-05-12 16:21:49 UTC

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Court Orders Release of Tufts Foreign Student Detained For Her Speech

2025-05-13 17:35:29 UTC

ICE detained a foreign student due to her contributing to an anti-Israeli protest. The trump administration has tried to deport noncitizens who protest against the war in Gaza.

A battle over religion and schools in Oklahoma could decide the future of the First Amendment - NBC News

sta515419 — 2025-05-13 17:40:43 UTC

Ryan Walters wants to include religion in the public school curriculum. He believes it is important for kids to learn about it and even thinks Bibles should be placed in all classrooms.

Columbia University Revokes Degrees of Pro-Palestinian Student Protesters

2025-05-13 17:41:18 UTC

Columbia University said that it expelled or revoked diplomas from students who occupied a campus building last year in protest. This news became widespread when Khalil, a kid who was arrested, was a graduate and a pro-Palestinian activist. The trump administration stripped Columbia of more than $400 million in federal funding after what the government characterized as a failure to crack down on antisemitism on campus.

A battle over religion and schools in Oklahoma could decide the future of the First Amendment

2025-05-13 17:42:59 UTC

Under Walters' leadership, the state approved its first religious virtual public charter school, a controversial decision now pending review by the U.S. Supreme Court. He also pushed to place Bibles in schools—a plan recently blocked by the state Supreme Court—and is advocating for more Christian themes in the curriculum, such as teaching the Ten Commandments.

PBS News, Trump campaigned as a protector of free speech but critics say his actions threaten it.

2025-05-13 17:45:01 UTC

Trump has claimed that he brought back free speech, but Democrats in Congress have been investigated for criticizing Republicans.

US Citizens Don’t Have First Amendment Rights If Noncitizens Don’t - CATO Institute

2025-05-13 17:45:46 UTC

The Trump administration is revoking green cards and visas solely based on speech. The person writing this is saying that they were talking to a dude who wanted to travel, but was hesitant as he had criticized president Trump before. It's also important to note that this person is a legal green card holder, so therefore they are a US citizen. Therefore, the writer of the article told this person that they should delete anything negative about Trump from their social media before travelling.

Passports

2025-05-13 17:45:46 UTC

President Trump's Executive Order 14168 mandates that all federal documents, including passports, use "sex" instead of "gender," defining sex as immutable and determined at conception. This policy has been challenged in court by the ACLU on behalf of transgender, intersex, and nonbinary individuals, arguing that it violates constitutional rights under the First Amendment, Due Process, and Equal Protection Clauses. The ACLU contends that the policy forces individuals to carry documentation that expresses an ideological stance they do not endorse, effectively compelling them to convey a government-defined message about sex and gender.

Trump, civil libertarians at odds over vandalism: Advocates say recent orders violate First Amendment-

2025-05-13 17:45:55 UTC

Trump has allowed for stricter punishments for vandalism. Many people are angry and protest for these things, and are mad that the police aren't doing enough to help them. Their First Amendment right protects the protests because they have the freedom of speech and religion due to the First Amendment.

Was First Amendment Violated in Student Arrests? Trump Lawyer Won’t Say.

2025-05-13 17:52:19 UTC

Schools in the U.S. have a D.E.I. (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion). These schools love to have this because it helps kids to feel included. But, Trump is not a fan of this and has threatened to cut school funding to schools with a D.E.I.

Free Speech Crumbles in Europe

2025-05-13 17:53:32 UTC

This article talks about how people in Europe are getting their freedom of speech rights violated. People are protesting after being violated and charged fines to up to thousands of dollars. No matter where you protest you get in trouble no matter what its for.

Judges block Trump push to cut funding to public schools over diversity programs

2025-05-13 17:55:54 UTC

Trump wants to create an executive order to cut school funding that has DEI programs. But judges stop him from doing this

More than half of books banned last year featured LGBTQ characters or people of color, report finds (NBC NEWS)

2025-05-13 18:10:11 UTC

More than half of books banned during the last school year featured or were about people of color or members of the LGBTQ community, according to a report released Thursday. The analysis found that 36% of the more than 4,000 banned titles featured characters or people of color and 25% included LGBTQ characters or people.The nonprofit found that people of color and LGBTQ people were disproportionately affected across multiple categories.