First Amendment

U.S. Ordered to Halt Linking Aid to Anti-Prostitution Oath

By Carey L. Biron
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a decade-long practise under which the government linked global HIV/AIDS funding to a controversial requirement that organisations explicitly state their opposition to prostitution.

U.S.: Living with Hate in a Free Market of Ideas

By Kim-Jenna Jurriaans
U.S. President Barack Obama’s unequivocal defence of First Amendment protections of blasphemy and hateful speech during last week’s address to the 67th United Nations General Assembly defied calls from Muslim protesters and some foreign government leaders to ban a controversial YouTube video and support stronger restrictions to religious criticism.


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