Bob Corn-Revere — renown First Amendment defender and CBLDF’s general counsel — scored a victory for free speech this week in the case of photojournalist Mannie Garcia, who was arrested by authorities in Maryland after taking photos of police officers…
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Carol Tilley on Her Wertham Research
A couple of weeks ago, researcher Carol Tilley proved to the world what many already suspected: anti-comics crusader Fredric Wertham lacked supporting scientific evidence for his conclusions and even fabricated some of his data. This week, Tilley wrote an eloquent…
Limited Edition ComicsPRO Comics Up for Bid!
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is fresh off our trip to Comics PRO (where we raised $20,000 in our live auction!), and we’re now auctioning some spectacular limited edition ComicsPRO comic books to our supporters! These variant edition comic…
Federal Judge Rules That Missouri Library Cannot Block Pagan Websites
Early last year, the ACLU of Eastern Missouri filed a lawsuit charging the Salem Public Library with unconstitutional censorship for blocking internet access to information about minority religions in a case that called on the protections afforded to both religion…
Obscenity Case Files: The Miracle Decision
Before 1952, movies were not provided and protection from censorship under the Constitution. Things changed in 1952 thanks to Roberto Rossellini, Federico Fellini, and an amorous interlude between a wanderer named Saint Joseph and a disturbed peasant who believes herself…
NJ Library Censors All Video Games
Just a month ago, CBLDF joined the National Coalition Against Censorship in signing a letter opposing the banning of certain types of video games in the Paterson Free Public Library in Paterson New Jersey. Instead of banning only first-person shooters,…