First Amendment fights over AI, campus speech loom in 2026

First Amendment experts expect major developments in issues like age verification, artificial intelligence and academic ...
katc

Who are First Amendment auditors? Encounters with them prompted police calls in California

Police in the California coastal community of Pismo Beach received an influx of calls earlier this week about people filming citizens at the local post office. It turns out they were First Amendment ...
American Enterprise Institute

First Amendment Problems with Using Antitrust Law Against Social Media Platforms’ Content Decisions

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 ...
CNN

Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s TikTok decision and what it may mean for the First Amendment

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 ...
AZ Central

Few can name the freedoms the First Amendment protects. We must change that | Opinion

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 ...
Aclu.org

What the First Amendment Really Protects

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 ...
CNN

Judges have looked unfavorably upon Trump in First Amendment cases this year

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 ...
Reason

Judge Quashes FTC Investigative Demand to Media Matters, Finding "Straightforward First Amendment Violation"

A short excerpt from Friday's long decision by Judge Sparkle Sooknanan (D.D.C.) in Media Matters for America v. FTC: Speech on matters of public concern is the heartland of the First Amendment. The ...
USA Today

New York Times sues Pentagon over press policy, citing First Amendment

The New York Times announced it is suing the Pentagon on First Amendment grounds over a new press policy that led to a slew of news outlets losing their security credentials to be in the building. The ...
USA Today

Inside the 'harsh terrain' of Columbia University's First Amendment predicament

Columbia University reached a $200 million deal with the Trump administration in July. The Knight First Amendment Institute was among those concerned that it would hamper the school's autonomy. Though ...
Newsweek

Supreme Court Won’t Let Big Tech Hide Behind the First Amendment Anymore | Opinion

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 ...
Rapid City Journal

Political rallies generally OK at Mount Rushmore

Mount Rushmore National Memorial is not for rent, but any person or political group can apply for a free permit to use the Shrine of Democracy as a place to exercise their First Amendment right to ...