While we write from opposite ends of the political spectrum—one of us is a progressive democrat, the other a staunch ...

As we celebrate our nation's founding in a tumultuous time, holiday serves as a reminder to appreciate the freedoms enshrined ...

The Supreme Court declined to hear a debate over whether government employees can be fired for controversial social media posts, but that didn't stop Justice Clarence Thomas from weighing in.

In 1943, in what would become one of the most famous opinions in the First Amendment canon, Justice Robert H. Jackson described the difficult task that courts faced when asked to apply the federal ...

Concerns over the protection of the First Amendment in the upcoming election, and on campuses, are highlighted in the Freedom Forum's annual survey.

The 1st Amendment only bars the government from controlling private speech. When the government speaks, it can say what it wants.

First Amendment Trump Tries To Carve Out a First Amendment Exception for 'Fake News' The president's portrayal of journalism he does not like as consumer fraud is legally frivolous and blatantly ...

In “Trump vs. the AP: An American Standoff” (op-ed, Feb. 24), James Taranto asserts that the White House’s decision to block the Associated Press from press events doesn’t violate the ...

The First Amendment was at the center of two key Supreme Court arguments on Monday. One honed in on social media companies' handling of misinformation while the powerful gun lobby, the National ...

Under the First Amendment, restricting speech because of its viewpoint is anathema and usually unconstitutional. It strikes at the heart of the system of free expression.

However, First Amendment attorney Jeffrey Pyle says freedom of speech, guaranteed by the Constitution's First Amendment, is not just for citizens; it applies to any person who is here.

At public colleges and universities, faculty can also recover if they show their employer infringed their First Amendment rights to academic freedom, as defined above.