A recent federal appellate court decision in favor of a public high school student’s online, off-campus First Amendment speech rights reins in a school’s authority to police and punish offensive ...

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

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.

Imagine a protest outside the funeral of a popular political leader, with some of the protesters celebrating the death and holding signs that say things like "God Hates the USA/Thank God for 9/11," ...

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Over the past week, there has been a growing list of examples of people losing their jobs after making controversial posts about the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Government and ...

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 ...

Students' First Amendment rights are limited in schools, but not nonexistent. Schools can control student newspapers and ban speech promoting illegal drug use. While schools can remove books for ...

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

Hours after President Donald Trump took his second-term oath of office, he signed an executive order describing his commitment to the First Amendment and the right he said it affords people to "speak ...

Imagine a protest outside the funeral of a popular political leader, with some of the protesters celebrating the death and holding signs that say things like “God Hates the USA/Thank God for 9/11,” ...

Imagine a protest outside the funeral of a popular political leader, with some of the protesters celebrating the death and holding signs that say things like "God Hates the USA/Thank God for 9/11," ...