Source: Law & Liberty
by David Elder
“On January 18, former CNN anchor Don Lemon joined a group of protesters as they interrupted a church service in Minneapolis, where the pastor is reportedly an ICE official. Lemon and other protesters were charged with conspiracy against the rights of religious freedom. Immediately, pundits and commentators argued that Lemon’s arrest was an attack on the First Amendment and independent journalism. Yet as the Becket Fund’s Eric Rassbach correctly observed, neither protestors nor the media have First Amendment protection where they ‘invade someone else’s private space to report on the news or proclaim their message.'” (03/03/26)