“Acquiring general counsel is a critical and strategic next step to strengthen NRB’s advocacy operations as we see increasing anti-Christian hostility in mainstream media, institutions of government, and corporate boardrooms. Mike’s wealth of experience will serve as a key asset to the NRB, enhancing the scope and capabilities of NRB public policy engagement in service of our historic mission of maintaining access for Christian communicators.” – NRB National Religious Broadcasters, January 24, 2023

“After Elon Musk took control of Twitter, he permitted several independent journalists to peruse the company’s previous communications with the FBI, the CDC, the White House, and government officials elsewhere. These disclosures, which have become known as the Twitter Files, reveal that government bureaucrats put substantial pressure on Twitter to restrict alleged misinformation relating to elections, Hunter Biden, and COVID-19.” – Reason, January 19, 2023

“‘Oklahoma State’s policies are clearly designed to monitor, investigate, and restrict student speech all together,’ Trump said. ‘The fact that students can’t even express an opinion without worrying that another student can use a campus policy to report on them shows us that the school’s administrators have no interest in protecting students’ rights.'” – Fox News, January 10, 2023

“Kiersten Hening will receive the award as part of a settlement in the lawsuit she filed in 2021 against head coach Charles “Chugger” Adair on First Amendment grounds, her attorney Cameron Norris said last week, according to the Roanoke Times.” – Fox News, January 8, 2023

“In response to Abbot’s cancellation, MIT faculty started a petition to convince the administration to endorse the “Chicago Statement.” Alumni created the MIT Free Speech Alliance, an independent organization to promote free expression at the institute. Some trustees began reaching out to learn about ways to promote free expression on campus, and President Reif established a special Ad Hoc Working Group on Free Expression tasked with revising and updating the school’s statements regarding academic freedom, freedom of expression, and pluralism.” – FIRE, December 28, 2022

“The West is not distinguished by domination and exploitation. Those predatory practices have been found in every human society, and are still the norm in many countries today. Only the West created the principles with which to rein in the human drive for abusive power.” – Encounter Books, December 20, 2022

“Lacy and the Christian organization are being represented by Alliance Defending Freedom, which has argued religious liberty cases before the United States Supreme Court. ADF Senior Counsel Mark Lippelmann said in a statement released Thursday that he believes ‘New Mexico is unlawfully compelling physicians to speak a certain message about assisted suicide, even if they object for reasons of conscience or faith.’” – The Christian Post, December 16, 2022

“Attorneys with Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), a nonprofit religious rights law firm, filed a lawsuit in federal court Monday on behalf of Geraghty challenging the Jackson Local School District’s policy that forces teachers to participate in the “social transition” of students who express a gender identity inconsistent with their biological sex.” – CBN News, December 15, 2022

‘First, within hours of my inauguration, I will sign an executive order banning any federal department or agency from colluding with any organization, business, or person to censor, limit, categorize, or impede the lawful speech of American citizens. I will then ban federal money from being used to label domestic speech as “mis-” or “disinformation.” And I will begin the process of identifying and firing every federal bureaucrat who has engaged in domestic censorship, directly or indirectly, whether they are the Department of Homeland security, the Department of Health and Human Services, the FBI, the DOJ — no matter who they are.” – Breitbart, December 15, 2022