Free Speech Arguments

Leah Gilliam v. David Gerregano, Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Revenue, et al. , argued before the Supreme Court of Tennessee on April 3, 2024. From the Court of Appeals Opinion: Citizens of Tennessee may apply to the Tennessee Department of Revenue (the “Department”) for license plates featuring unique, personalized messages. Tennessee Code Annotated section 55-4-210(d)(2) provides...

Sylvia Gonzalez v. Edward Trevino, II, et al. , argued before the Supreme Court of the United States on March 20, 2024. From the Petition for a Writ of Certiorari: In Nieves v. Bartlett , this Court held that probable cause does not bar a retaliatory arrest claim against a “police officer” when a plaintiff shows “that he was arrested when otherwise similarly situated individuals not engaged in the...

Vivek H. Murthy, Surgeon General, et al. v. Missouri, et al. , argued before the Supreme Court of the United States on March 18, 2024. From the Brief for the Petitioners: Respondents are two States and five individual users of social-media platforms who allege that the federal government transformed the private platforms’ content-moderation decisions into state action and violated the First Amendm...

National Rifle Association of America v. Maria T. Vullo , argued before the Supreme Court of the United States on March 18, 2024 From the Petition for a Writ of Certiorari : Bantam Books v. Sullivan held that a state commission with no formal regulatory power violated the First Amendment when it “deliberately set out to achieve the suppression of publications” through “informal sanctions,” includi...

Argued before the Supreme Court of the United States on February 26, 2024. The petition granted was "limited to Questions 1 and 2 presented by the Solicitor General in her brief for the United States as amicus curiae." From the Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae These cases concern laws enacted by Florida and Texas to regulate major social-media platforms like Facebook, YouTube...