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Attorney General Merrick Garland has formally prohibited federal prosecutors from seizing the records of journalists in leak investigations

A 50-ton marble slab of the First Amendment is leaving Washington, D.C., for its new home at National Constitution Center in Old City Philadelphia, overlooking Independence Mall.

A 50-ton marble slab of the First Amendment is leaving Washington, D.C., for its new home in Philadelphia.

At the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., argued Thursday that the First Amendment is not a defense for inciting an insurrection, quoting Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia by saying, “You can’t ride with the cops but root for the robbers.”

Police departments across the country are reviewing the behavior of dozens of officers who were in Washington on the day of the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol

Asked by Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., to name five freedoms protected by the First Amendment, Judge Amy Coney Barrett was unable to provide all five. “Speech, religion, press, assembly,” said Barrett. “I don’t know—what am I missing?” “Redress, or protest,” said Sasse.

A lawsuit was filed this week on behalf of constituents of the controversial Republican, who they claim has blocked accounts on Twitter and deleted comments on Facebook. President Donald Trump lost a similar legal battle.