Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A federal judge told students that the First Amendment protects far more speech than many Americans realize, including speech they ...

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects several fundamental rights, including freedom of the press and free speech. To understand what U.S. adults know about the First Amendment – and ...

A new survey by the Freedom Forum shows that people largely do not understand their First Amendment rights, even as free ...

In the annals of true-but-irrelevant statements, a snippet from a recent Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decision deserves an honored place. “The First Amendment’s protection does not depend on the ...

The most important free speech question of the decade may not be about social media. It may be about chatbots. As generative AI reshapes how people communicate, courts and legislators must confront ...

If democracy is our nation’s engine, then political protest is its gas pedal — and it has been since our founding. Early Americans rose up to protest the tyranny of the Stamp Act and the Tea Act, ...

Presumptively Protected. The Second Circuit initially concluded that Leroy’s message doesn’t fit within an unprotected category of speech. Although offensive, his post isn’t a true threat of violence.

The American courts keep defending the First Amendment despite President Donald Trump’s best efforts to crack down on free ...

From Justice Gorsuch's opinion for a nearly unanimous Court today in Chiles v. Salazar (only Justice Jackson dissented): In 2019, Colorado adopted a law prohibiting licensed counselors from engaging ...

The first-ever Freely Fest was held in Nashville to celebrate the First Amendment. The sold-out event featured performances by The Killers, T-Pain, Janelle Monáe, Dominic Fike, and more. Presented by ...

A federal judge explained that the First Amendment protects a wide range of speech, including offensive content. The First Amendment applies to government restrictions on speech, not to rules set by ...