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August 17, 2018

Media Coalition Foundation Joins Free Speech Organizations in Statement on President Trump’s Effort to Intimidate Book Publisher

Media Coalition Foundation, along with 16 other free speech organizations, signed a statement condemning President Trump’s effort to intimidate a book publisher by threatening legal action. The president sent a letter to Simon & Schuster, asserting that it could be punished if it published the book Unhinged: An Insider Account’s of the Trump White House by Omarosa Manigault Newman.

   January 3, 2018

Joystick, Console, Video Games, Xbox, Playstation

Media Organizations File Amicus Brief Calling on New York Court of Appeals Not to Rewrite New York Right of Publicity Law

NEW YORK, NY – Ten media organizations have filed an amicus brief in the New York Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, calling upon the court to reject the requests of actress Lindsay Lohan and reality TV personality Karen Gravano to broaden New York’s right of publicity law in a manner that would violate the First Amendment rights of authors, artists, journalists, publishers, booksellers, filmmakers, librarians and others.

Press release and news archives

2010 to present

DATE

PRESS RELEASE / NEWS ITEM
2016 – OCT – 10 Federal Court Blocks Louisiana’s Online Age-Verification Law for Violating First Amendment
2016 – APR – 30 Louisiana’s Online Age-Verification Law Is Enjoined for Violating the First Amendment
2015 – NOV – 04  First Amendment Lawsuit Challenges Louisiana’s Online Age-Verification Law
2015 – OCT – 06 Media Coalition Creates New Foundation to Advance Defense of First Amendment
2015 – JUL – 10 Judge Halts Enforcement of Unconstitutional Nude Photo Law in Arizona
2014 – NOV – 26 Prosecutors Will Not Enforce Arizona Anti-Nudity Law Pending Legislative Session, Lawsuit on Hold
2014 – SEP – 23 Arizona Criminal Law Banning Nude Images Violates First Amendment

Antigone Books v. Horne: Frequently Asked Questions
2014 – JUN – 16 Media Coalition Applauds Supreme Court Ruling Affirming Standard to Bring First Amendment Challenge
2014 – APR – 21 Supreme Court to Hear Argument Tomorrow on Whether Courts Should Consider Challenges to Laws Which Restrict Free Speech

Q&A with Media Coalition Executive Director David Horowitz about Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus
2014 – MAR – 03 Booksellers, Librarians and Publishers Urge Supreme Court to Uphold Right to Bring First Amendment Challenges
2013 – JUN – 10 State Concedes Law Restricting Marijuana Magazines is Unconstitutional and Agrees to Permanently Block Enforcement
2013 – JUN – 04 Bookstores, Newsstands and Bookseller Organizations Challenge Law Violating their First Amendment Rights and those of their Customers
2012 – MAY – 18 Utah Federal Court Protects Free Speech By Restricting Internet Law
 2011 – JUL – 01 Court Voids Alaska Statute to Protect First Amendment Rights
2011 – JUN – 27 Invoking “Basic Principles” of Free Speech, Supreme Court Strikes Down Ban on Video Games with Violent Themes, 7-2
2011 – JUN – 08 Booksellers, Artists, ACLU Seek to Bar Utah Law Restricting Speech on Internet
2010 – NOV – 01 Media Coalition Concerned About Potential Impact of Violent Video Game Case in Supreme Court Tomorrow
2010 – OCT – 27 Federal District Court Grants Preliminary Injunction Against Online Censorship Law
2010 – OCT – 21 Court Grants Preliminary Injunction to Protect First Amendment Rights
2010 – SEP – 20 Oregon Censorship Law Struck Down by Ninth Circuit in Challenge Brought by Bookstores, Publishers, Librarians and Others
2010 – SEP – 17 In Supreme Court Brief, Media Coalition Urges Rejection of California’s Misguided and Unconstitutional Restrictions on Video Games Depicting Violence
2010 – AUG – 31 Local Booksellers, Librarians, National Trade Associations, ACLU, and Others Sue to Block Censorship Law
2010 – JUL – 13 Local Booksellers, National Trade Associations, ACLU, and Others Sue to Block Internet Censorship Law
2010 – APR – 26 Media Coalition Responds to Supreme Court Decision to Review Mandatory Labeling of Video Games with Violent Themes
2000 to 2009

DATE

PRESS RELEASE / NEWS ITEM
2009 – FEB – 05 Media Coalition Announces Appeal to Ninth Circuit in Challenge to Oregon Law
2007 – NOV – 29 Judge Permits Challenge to Utah Harmful to Minors Act to Proceed
2005 – JUN – 09 Utah Businesses, National Trade Associations and Individuals Commence Federal Court  Challenge to Unconstitutional Restrictions on Internet Speech
2002 – FEB – 26 Internet Harmful to Minors Statute Held Unconstitutional
1990 to 1999
before 1990

DATE

PRESS RELEASE / NEWS ITEM
1986 – FEB – 24 Supreme Court denies cert in Hudnut v. American Booksellers Association
1985 – MAY – 25 U.S. Judge Strikes Down Feminist “Pornography” Law in Indianapolis