Free Speech

Way back in 1918, The Progressive published an essay entitled "Muzzling of the Press," criticizing the extraordinary new powers granted to the President under The Espionage Act of 1917.read more

The judge was not impressed with the state’s twisted arguments, which sounded as if they came from Alice in Wonderland.read more

His administration imposes new rules on speech in the capitol rotunda, citing a nonexistent emergency.read more

The restrictions on protests are “content-based, vague and overly broad,” the lawsuit says.read more

The new police chief uses dubious arrests plus PR BS to close down the open, democratic space of the state capitol.read more

Scott Walker, please take time out on Monday to familiarize yourself with our constitutions. And stop trampling on our rights.read more

Your actions "lead people to believe the administration is using the force of government to silence dissent," write seven Democratic legislators.read more

About 150 people showed up at the Madison Capitol rotunda today for the Solidarity Sing Along after news of the Capitol Police delivering citations to people’s homes spread last night.read more

Rather than arresting people in the capitol, the police are filming them and nabbing them later.read more

" I was very shocked and disappointed today when you walked out of a meeting scheduled in my office," she wrote, saying he refused "to answer the most basic questions about the basis for recent arrests in the state Capitol and the specific conduct you believe to be unlawful.read more

More than 200 defenders of free speech defy police orders not to carry signs.read more

Police arrest four more free speech defenders, while arbitrarily leaving others alone. And a Marine vet asks for help with his PTSD.read more

Wisconsin Democratic Representative Chris Taylor calls these arrests “absolutely crazy.” She adds: “It’s really too bad that the new chief is proceeding this way.”read more

Eight people were arrested on Wednesday for holding signs or T-shirts in the capitol.read more