First Amendment experts expect major developments in issues like age verification, artificial intelligence and academic ...

First Amendment experts warn that efforts by the Trump administration to punish critics could risk free speech in 2026.

The law makes a few exceptions to its protection of free speech -- not liking what you hear isn't one of them.

Two hundred seventy-four incidents involving interference to free speech have taken place so far on college campuses in 2025, ...

WASHINGTON — American presidents have long tested the bounds of First Amendment protections. From John Adams enforcing the Sedition Act that criminalized critical speech, to Woodrow Wilson suppressing ...

Within weeks of retaking the White House, President Donald Trump boasted that he had “brought free speech back to America.” ...

(THE CONVERSATION) The assassination in September 2025 of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has heightened attention on the relationship between political rhetoric and political violence. Even before ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Yet, the First Amendment has not always been potent enough to protect the right to ...

Discover how the First Amendment safeguards speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition freedoms in the U.S. Explore its significance and key Supreme Court cases.

Imagine a protest outside the funeral of a popular political leader, with some of the protesters celebrating the death and holding signs that say things like “God Hates the USA/Thank God for 9/11,” ...