During the oral argument before the Supreme Court in the famous Pentagon Papers case, a fascinating colloquy took place between Justice William O. Douglas and the lawyer for the government. The case ...

“Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech or of the press …” — First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution During the oral argument before the Supreme Court in the famous Pentagon ...

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution , part of the Bill of Rights, guarantees each person the freedom to speak out, ...

The First Amendment is meant to protect freedom of speech for the nation's people and press. But this week, that protection was tested. The First Amendment's freedom of speech got a workout this week.

The United States is in a speech war. Normally, human beings fight over money or land or love, but that is not what is happening today. Today, people are fighting over words. People’s lives are being ...

Free speech is a bulwark of open societies, because it allows ideas and information to be shared, authority to be questioned, and abuses of power exposed. In "On Liberty" (1859), John Stuart Mill gave ...

Many Americans are worried that their First Amendment right to free speech is fading. NPR's Morning Edition has talked to legal experts, activists, immigration lawyers, scientists, students, teachers ...

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 ...

University of Texas President Jim Davis told lawmakers Thursday that his campus aims to better foster civil discourse and produce compassionate, informed students through reforms to core curriculum ...

What value do we put on freedom of speech? Freedom of speech is by far the most important right we have in the United States. For contrast we need only look to the United Kingdom, a “democracy” that ...

In the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s murder, a fierce First Amendment debate over the concept of “hate speech” has taken center stage across the nation. Conservative lawmakers and ...