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Free-Speech Groups Give Los Angeles City Council 30 Days to Repeal Word Ban or Face Lawsuit

Civil‑liberties groups say the rule is viewpoint-based censorship and will create a legal test of when local bodies can exclude speakers.

Ninth Circuit Rules UW Violated Professor’s Free Speech Over Syllabus Land-Acknowledgment Parody