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Constitutional Law

Aug. 13, 2015

Can a court block abortion videos?

Does the First Amendment protect the release of these videos even though they were obtained under false pretenses and without the consent of Planned Parenthood? By Tyson Langhofer


By Tyson Langhofer


"Congress shall make no law ... abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press."
In today's politically charged, highly partisan environment, there are likely few
principles that possess broader support from persons of every political stripe than
the freedoms of speech and the press guaranteed in the First Amendment - in theory.


In practice, however, th...

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