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.

The U.S. Supreme Court in its 2024–25 term continued to robustly protect religious liberty under the First Amendment but retreated from core First Amendment principles in two cases involving the ...

A trial date has been set for a suspended University of Tennessee, Knoxville professor's case after she was placed on leave ...

As the Trump administration faces backlash over officials’ decisions to target speech with which it disagrees, federal judges have already left a lengthy trail of rulings lambasting the government for ...

With President Donald Trump labeling the media “the enemy” and threatening broadcast licenses and political enemies, First Amendment scholars are asking:  Is the First Amendment under more ...

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

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — About three months after filing a lawsuit, a man has now reached a settlement in his federal First Amendment retaliation lawsuit against the Arkansas Division of Correction. This ...

While we write from opposite ends of the political spectrum—one of us is a progressive democrat, the other a staunch conservative—we both agree that corporations were never intended to have as much ...

A trial date has been set for a suspended University of Tennessee professor's case after she was placed on leave for making ...

A trial date has been set for a suspended University of Tennessee professor's case after she was placed on leave for making ...