At least three rights protected under the First Amendment clashed in recent days as protesters and journalists, including former CNN anchor Don Lemon, were arrested in connection with a Minnesota church protest. Lemon was one of several journalists at the ...

Georgia Fort, an independent journalist arrested during an Immigration and Customs Enforcement protest in January 2026, was the second headliner at the Loyolan’s annual First Amendment Week event.

Independent journalist and former CNN host Don Lemon has plead not guilty to charges related to his coverage of an anti-ICE (Immigrations and Customs Enforcement) protest at a Minnesota church last month. Attorneys for Lemon and Fort filed a joint motion ...

Forcibly entering homes without a judicial warrant. Arresting journalists who reported on protests. Defying dozens of federal orders. Killing U.S. citizens for noncompliance. Asking constitutionally protected observers this chilling question: “Have you ...

A federal judge has rejected a former Rochester City Council member’s request to expand her lawsuit against the city.  U.S. District Court of Minnesota Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz said Molly Dennis’ request to add a claim of First Amendment retaliation to her 2024 lawsuit falls short of meeting requirements for such a claim.

(CNN) — Two independent journalists, Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, have been criminally charged in connection with a protest at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota. First Amendment advocates and civil-rights organizations condemned the arrests and argued that ...