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

"[I]n the public university setting, student disagreement with a professor's academic speech on an issue of public concern cannot alter the Pickering analysis in the government's favor." A short ...

CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig called Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry’s Ten Commandments bill “flagrantly” unconstitutional on Wednesday, describing it as the “perfect example of what the First ...

The Supreme Court’s remarkably speedy decision Friday to allow a controversial ban on TikTok to take hold will have a dramatic impact on the tens of millions of Americans who visit the app every day ...

As 2022 comes to an end, what better way to appreciate the year gone by than to reminisce about the most ridiculous ways people got the First Amendment wrong during the past year? After all, the First ...

This review is part of a preview of the winter 2026 issue of Academe. The issue will be released in full in February.

The Freedom Forum is expanding its support of First Amendment journalism. A First Amendment Reporters initiative has expanded to include reporters at The Arizona Republic, The Indianapolis Star and ...

The First Amendment was once an indispensable tool for protecting the rights of the marginalized. Throughout the 1950s and 60s, subversive artists and anti-war dissidents invoked it to neutralize ...

The prosecution of Trump for his attempt to overthrow the 2020 election does not threaten freedom of speech, not even a little bit. But this entire framing is mistaken. The prosecution of Trump for ...

January 21, 2025 - Terminating tenured faculty can present significant challenges for public colleges and universities. Often personnel rules or collective bargaining agreements prohibit terminations ...

Throughout the history of the United States, there have been moments of national loss that remind us of the values that bind us together as Americans. I’m writing today not only as governor but as a ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in February 2025, launched a request for information seeking public comment about how social media platforms’ “adverse actions” against users and user content may ...