Therefore, he argued, they should not be given speech protections under the First Amendment.

The question became, therefore, whether or not constitutional freedom of speech protections could be denied simply because a single company held title to the town.

They say the opponents are using free speech protections as a cloak to threaten and harass the clinic's workers and patients.

The free speech protections of the First Amendment have long been used to shield whistleblowers from retaliation.

This case has been cited in various cases regarding free speech protection and the Internet.

The Supreme Court extended significant new free speech protection to independent government contractors.

Since taking office in January, fresh-faced Council members have introduced more than a dozen bills that bump up against free speech protections.

This limitation of the union's free speech protection is not content based, argues Justice Scalia.

"Our position is that this is a concert with a tack-on first act to give it free speech protection," he said.

This again holds the school to a high level of free speech protection before being allowed to censor.