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

Freedom of speech, as most of us constitutional scholars know, is embedded in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. It’s there with the other big ones, such as freedom of ...

The annual “First Amendment: Where America Stands” report by the Freedom Forum, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that works to promote First Amendment education and awareness, surveyed ...

The Constitution Annotated: First Amendment Fundamental Freedoms and the Complexity of Protections. Arguably, the most misinterpreted part of freedom of speech is what is protected and what is not.

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees some very important freedoms: freedom of religion, speech, the press, and the right of assembly are all covered by this one amendment.

But freedom of speech is not an unlimited right. The First Amendment only protects individuals’ speech from U.S. governmental oppression, control, and censorship; it does not extend to private ...

First Amendment freedom of speech likewise does not limit the Senate’s historic role in the confirmation of senior federal officers.

After all, the First Amendment reads, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the ...

Donald Trump’s lawsuit against major social media companies pits freedom of speech squarely against the First Amendment. There can be no doubt that these social media giants are denying the ...

Under the First Amendment, the government may not abridge the freedom of speech, whether that abridging is done by coercing internet platforms or by getting them to cooperate in government efforts ...

Professors in public colleges and universities have long cherished the belief that the First Amendment protects our academic freedom as we publish, teach, and participate in decision making within ...

To answer those questions, we should turn to the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which states that Congress “shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech.” ...