From protests and journalism to social media and campus speech, explore how the First Amendment safeguards everyone — including immigrants — and what it actually covers. The First Amendment is a ...

President Donald Trump is threatening to invoke the act, which is a rarely used power that Congress intended only for extreme emergencies. We break down what this means for our civil liberties.

An annual survey published by the Freedom Forum shows this year that American's understanding of their First Amendment rights remains low. Even as the First Amendment takes centerstage after the ...

The Freedom Forum is expanding its support of First Amendment journalism. A First Amendment Reporters initiative has expanded to include reporters at The Arizona Republic, The Indianapolis Star and ...

A federal district court discusses how the First Amendment limits liability for "hostile environment harassment" based on "speech on matters of public concern" in universities (public or private). And ...

While we write from opposite ends of the political spectrum—one of us is a progressive democrat, the other a staunch conservative—we both agree that corporations were never intended to have as much ...

Pushing to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that its chatbots caused a teen’s suicide, Character Technologies is arguing that chatbot outputs should be considered “pure speech” deserving of the highest ...

As the Trump administration faces backlash over officials’ decisions to target speech with which it disagrees, federal judges have already left a lengthy trail of rulings lambasting the government for ...

The First Amendment has come into a national spotlight in recent months, as Americans across the nation aim to check powers of the government or challenge policies that may impinge on free speech. At ...

The California-based First Amendment Coalition, the Freedom of the Press Foundation and the Los Angeles Press Club led the letter to DHS. In addition, 27 other press freedom and First Amendment ...

The city council passed a motion banning the two terms on July 30, saying they were the "most frequently used offensive and injurious epithets" at its meetings. Some local neighborhood councils ...