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This term the Supreme Court decided two cases that removed judicial barriers to federal court review in Olivier v. City of Brandon, and First Choice Women’s Resource Center v. Davenport, throwing open the courthouse doors to plaintiffs with constitutional injuries. These cases continue a multi-year trend of course-correcting on judicial doctrines that barred defendants in agency or state-court actions from having their federal challenges resolved by a federal court.

Free speech provides the bedrock on which our other freedoms thrive. From Benjamin Franklin to Frederick Douglass, early advocates helped shape the freedom of speech we celebrate today.