The latest official statements from the First Amendment Lawyers Association.
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Public statement – Adams v. County of Sacramento Amicus Brief
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – – NOVEMBER 22, 2024 The First Amendment Lawyers Association (FALA) today filed a motion in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for leave to file an amicus brief in Adams v. County of Sacramento, urging the full Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear the case following a split 2-1 panel
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Statement on Filing of Amicus Brief in Support of Application of the New York Times v. Sullivan “Malice” Standard to Disciplinary Proceedings Based on Attorney Speech
The First Amendment Lawyers Association (FALA) yesterday filed an amicus brief supporting the granting of certiorari by the Supreme Court of the United States in Pierre v. Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland and Weinberg v. Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland, Case No. 23-474, in order to answer the unsettled question of whether that the free
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Statement of Opposition to Ohio Department of Public Health Rules Regarding Care of Transgender Patients
The First Amendment Lawyers Association today announces its opposition to the adoption, by the Ohio Department of Health, of proposed rules that would drastically curtail the ability of physicians to provide care to transgender patients or to provide patients with “any resources or information on where or how to receive such care,” in blatant derogation
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Reed C. Lee
The First Amendment Lawyers Association deeply mourns the untimely death of our long-time member and dear friend, Reed C. Lee, of Chicago, Illinois, who suddenly passed away on December 26th. Reed was a giant among this generation of First Amendment lawyers. Among other pivotal roles that he played at FALA, he previously served as our
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FALA Statement Upon Issuance of the Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship
As an organization devoted for more than 50 years to protecting freedom of expression, the First Amendment Lawyers Association (FALA) objects to the plainly anti-free speech Executive Order the President issued in the name of supposedly “preventing censorship.” The Order reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of the history and operation of the First Amendment, the freedoms