The First Amendment of the Constitution establishes necessary and essential limits on government power. It does not exist to protect only popular opinions or widely held beliefs; it protects all ...

At least three rights protected under the First Amendment clashed in recent days as protesters and journalists, including former CNN anchor Don Lemon, were arrested in connection with a Minnesota ...

If democracy is our nation’s engine, then political protest is its gas pedal — and it has been since our founding. Early Americans rose up to protest the tyranny of the Stamp Act and the Tea Act, ...

A federal complaint alleged a first grader in California was punished for giving a "Black Lives Matter" drawing to an African American classmate in 2021. A court ruled in favor of the school district, ...

The First Amendment to the Constitution guarantees rights to the citizens of this country for religion, speech, press, assembly and petition for redress. Specifically the “right to assemble” protects ...

A federal judge explained that the First Amendment protects a wide range of speech, including offensive content. The First Amendment applies to government restrictions on speech, not to rules set by ...

Sen. Mike Murphy, R-Sylvia, secured passage of an amendment to the Kansas Senate's budget that potentially undermines public school students' constitutional rights of speech and assembly and imposes ...

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Colorado cannot enforce its so-called "conversion therapy" ban regarding conversations between therapists and minors, saying the law likely violates the First ...

Several groups warned that much is at stake in Sen. Mark Kelly's battle with the Pentagon over his “illegal orders” video.