First Amendment experts warn that efforts by the Trump administration to punish critics could risk free speech in 2026.

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution , part of the Bill of Rights, guarantees each person the freedom to speak out, ...

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

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

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression’s (FIRE) director of research Ryne Weiss says that “there is a lot that ...

Suzanne Nossel's book Dare to Speak argues that free speech should be defended for all, and that the erosion of support for ...

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 First Amendment says that "Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech." But one prominent conservative ...

Within weeks of retaking the White House, President Donald Trump boasted that he had “brought free speech back to America.” But since then, he has tested the limits of the First Amendment time and ...

A Nashua woman won a second free speech lawsuit this year. An appeals court ruled the city of Nashua violated her First Amendment rights by refusing to fly politically divisive flags on the city’s ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Yet, the First Amendment has not always been potent enough to protect the right to ...

The Supreme Court justice said in the U.K., contrary opinions "are not being tolerated, and they’re even being criminalized." ...