President Donald Trump’s executive order to criminalize burning the American flag isn’t the first Republican effort to ban the provocative protest. In fact, the party came within a single vote of ...

The case was brought by a Nashua couple after the city rejected their application to fly a Revolutionary War-era "Appeal to ...

A federal appeals court in Massachusetts has ruled Nashua officials violated a local couple’s free speech rights when they ...

President Trump stated his administration "took the freedom of speech away" in relation to flag burning. Trump signed an executive order in August directing his administration to prosecute people who ...

A federal appeals court ruled the city of Nashua had violated a couple's free speech rights by denying their request to fly politically divisive flags on the city's Citizen Flag Pole. A Nashua woman ...

WASHINGTON — Lawyers for a North Carolina veteran facing criminal charges for burning a flag in protest near the White House say they plan to file a constitutional challenge seeking to have the case ...

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 anti-war ...

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 ...