A short excerpt from the long decision in Canel v. Art Institute of Chicago, decided yesterday by Judge Georgia Alexakis (N.D. Ill.): The events Canel describes in her second amended complaint—even ...

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 ...

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, ...

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, ...

First, some backstory from NBC News (Gary Grumbach & Dareh Gregorian): [Tina Marie] Peters was convicted of four felony and three misdemeanor charges in August 2024 for using another person's security ...

A federal judge has knocked down the core of President Trump's executive order barring federal funding for NPR and PBS, saying it violated the broadcasters' First Amendment rights on its face. A ...

The RTDNA Foundation is using its 2026 First Amendment Awards to spotlight radio’s enduring role in press freedom, honoring both local commercial journalism and public media through recognitions for ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A new bill moving through the Kansas Legislature is raising alarms among legal scholars and First Amendment advocates, as the Kansas House prepares to take action. “People should be ...

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 ...