By: Kristen Waggoner – wsj.com – October 5, 2025 The ADL withdrew its smear of Charlie Kirk. The SPLC should follow its example. The Anti-Defamation League last week retired its “Glossary of Extremism” amid backlash for having designated Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA as an extremist organization. The ADL isn’t alone in applying such inflammatory labels. Months before Kirk’s assassination,...

Frisco, TX—Today, First Liberty Institute praised the Frisco, TX Independent School District (“ISD”) for granting initial approval for a new Daughters of Our Living Lord & Savior (“DOLLS”) club to meet on campus at Reedy High School. The club’s purpose is to further conversation about Jesus Christ by sharing the gospel, speaking about Christian principles, and encouraging girls to become...

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – October 6, 2025 A Christian counselor, gender dysphoria, and the First Amendment. Colorado responds that she’s “overreading” the law, claiming that none of what Ms. Chiles says she wants to do is banned. Rather, the state prohibits a range of treatments—“from electric shocks, to hypnosis, to role-playing, to cognitive behavioral therapies”—if they’re done...

Government abuses are not mere instances of bad policy. They are driving us towards an age of soft tyranny.

Explore Tim Kaine’s controversial views on rights and the Constitution this Constitution Day.

Today, First Liberty Institute sent a demand letter to the City of Morristown, Tennessee on behalf of nearby resident, Brad Tumey, due to a local ordinance that prohibits him from hosting a candlelight vigil on the downtown green space to honor Charlie Kirk.

By: Allison Pohle and Chip Cutter – wsj.com – September 15, 2025 Campaigns to alert employers to contentious posts are posing new challenges for bosses; ‘This is very different’ from past political controversies at work. Workers across the country who’ve mocked Charlie Kirk’s death online have quickly learned their words can get them fired. From American Airlines to Nasdaq—and in...

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – September 16, 2025 The Attorney General seems to think ‘hate speech’ is illegal. Charlie Kirk knew better. Discussing Kirk’s work on college campuses, Ms. Bondi mentioned the “disgusting” antisemitism on display at many universities, and so far so good. But wait. “There’s free speech and then there’s hate speech, and there is no...

By: Phil Gramm and Jeb Hensarling – wsj.com – September 3, 2025 The central bank differs from other agencies in that the power to coin money belongs to Congress. The Constitution gives Congress the power to coin money and regulate its value. Congress, in fulfilling that delegated responsibility, created the Federal Reserve. In carrying out narrowly defined monetary policy, the Fed isn’t...

President Trump has proposed a new census that would not count undocumented people, which has been met with criticism from Democrats and the media, but there were also issues with the 2020 census t…