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Tom Garrett

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Chief Communications Officer for the Institute for Free Speech (ifs.org / @InstFreeSpeech). Reach me here or at [email protected]. Opinions my own.

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NEW: Institute for Free Speech Senior Attorney Brett Nolan spoke to WOKV News on Friday about the biggest threats to free speech today and the importance of free speech principles. Scroll down for the full audio of this insightful segment HERE: wokv.com/on-demand/morn…

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Reminder: TOMORROW morning, the First Circuit will hear oral argument in the pivotal free speech case Fellers, et al. v. Kelley, et al. Details and case resources may be found at the Institute for Free Speech case page HERE: ifs.org/cases/fellers-…

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Tonight, Institute for Free Speech Chairman Brad Smith will be live on the "Probable Cause" podcast with Greg Dillon and Jeff Norman. Who better to talk to on Election Night than a true expert on political speech and campaign finance?

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Happening THIS MORNING: The First Circuit hears oral argument in the pivotal Institute for Free Speech case Fellers, et al. v. Kelley, et al. Details and case resources may be found at our case page, and you can stream the live oral argument HERE at 9:30: youtube.com/watch?v=cW8bJR…

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NEW Institute for Free Speech "Free Speech Arguments" podcast: Can schools ban parents from wearing "XX" wristbands at girls' soccer games? Listen to today's First Circuit argument tackling the critical question of adults' right of silent protest: ifs.org/blog/free-spee… #freespeech

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My colleague on the other side called the XX wristband the equivalent of “poison.” If that isn’t viewpoint based, I don’t know what is…

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🚨 XX armbands update First Circuit heard argument today on whether parents have a free speech right to wear XX armbands to girls' soccer game. Institute for Free Speech rep'd the parents. Dem judges in Boston showed respect for XX movement, skepticism toward censorious school 🧵

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Mike Adams, Christine Svenson, and Trey Mayfield represented CABK at the Institute for Free Speech’s 20th Anniversary reception in DC last night. Here’s to 20 years defending the First Amendment—and many more. Institute for Free Speech

Mike Adams, Christine Svenson, and Trey Mayfield represented CABK at the Institute for Free Speech’s 20th Anniversary reception in DC last night. Here’s to 20 years defending the First Amendment—and many more. <a href="/InstFreeSpeech/">Institute for Free Speech</a>
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"The attorney for the Bow, N.H., school district compared free speech to 'poison' in his argument before a federal court Wednesday," - NH Journal. The pivotal Institute for Free Speech Fellers case is a fight to defend the right of silent protest. More HERE: nhjournal.com/attorney-for-b…

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Attorney for a NH public school district compares allowing parents to protest biological males in girls sports to "poison." Their Institute for Free Speech promptly responds: "Your Honors, free speech is not poison." nhjournal.com/attorney-for-b…

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Excellent free speech news from the Sixth Circuit in the Parents Defending Education compelled speech case, including a citation in Judge Bush's concurrence of the excellent Institute for Free Speech amicus brief authored by Alan Gura and Brett Nolan. Full details below.

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NEW, from Greg Piper / Just the News, detailed coverage of this week's First Circuit oral argument in the important Institute for Free Speech case Fellers v. Kelley, a crucial defense of the First Amendment right of silent protest: justthenews.com/nation/free-sp…

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This seems fishy. We also had an early filing in a case that was sat on for several days by someone in the clerks office. Result: we did not get any benefit from filing early and the extra work we did was wasted. Oh and also they didn’t follow the FRAPs. Wonder how common this

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“Your Honors, free speech is not poison.” - IFS Senior Attorney Del Kolde, in his 1st. Cir. oral argument defending a silent protest involving XX wristbands. Link to news coverage below.🔽

“Your Honors, free speech is not poison.” - IFS Senior Attorney <a href="/KoldeDel/">Del Kolde</a>, in his 1st. Cir. oral argument defending a silent protest involving XX wristbands.

Link to news coverage below.🔽
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1. Thanks to the great Glenna Goldis for highlighting our XX wristband case in her fantastic Genspect speech, "The First Amendment vs. Gender Ideology." Clip begins at 11 mins. youtu.be/nXsOzxmRbMM?si…

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IFS Senior Attorney Charles Miller and former Cincinnati city council member P.G. Sittenfeld spoke to a packed house of University of Cincinnati law school students about how Sittenfeld’s conviction violates the First Amendment.

IFS Senior Attorney <a href="/ChipMiller76/">Charles Miller</a> and former Cincinnati city council member P.G. Sittenfeld spoke to a packed house of <a href="/uofcincy/">University of Cincinnati</a> law school students about how Sittenfeld’s conviction violates the First Amendment.