The Senate’s funding bill stops the Trump administration from handing political appointees control over federal grants, but Congress isn’t eager to rein in spending.
The law is written so broadly it could punish services that let you fake an image of yourself in a swimsuit.
The judge concluded that a high school student's privacy interests trumped freedom of the press.
Constitutional limits on federal authority should not be partisan matters.
The Secret Service asserted a nonexistent "emergency" to track Comey's cellphone, and the FBI's evidence falls far short of proving his seashell picture was a crime.
Remembering the lead singer for the iconic band Sick of It All
The episode illustrates the president's routine weaponization of government against his enemies.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says it followed the law when it pulled the driving records of more than a dozen critics of the agency.
The FCC chairman thinks the "public interest" standard is a license to interfere with freedom of the press.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr seems to think TV stations are legally obligated to please the president.
And it can't ban a former state lawmaker from wearing a sweatshirt that advertises that website, either.
If someone is uncertain enough about meaning, they will censor themselves first.
“The First Amendment does not allow government officials to shut down speech simply on account of it being ‘offensive,’” says a legal expert at FIRE.
As someone should have explained to him by now, that's not how it works.
Trump’s nominee for attorney general has repeatedly subverted justice to benefit his boss.
The judge contradicted Supreme Court precedents by ruling that a student's "privacy interests" trumped "the severe constitutional presumption" against prior restraints.
The government says the reporters are not targets of the investigation, but such subpoenas can still have a chilling effect on the press.
In the U.S., government officials aren’t allowed to fight ideas they don’t like with censorship.
ICE is a menace to freedom of speech, as well as other civil liberties.
A new lawsuit accuses the Trump administration of violating the First Amendment rights of its critics by issuing warning notices to them.
High-level state officials launched a threat investigation over a harmless postcard to Florida's chief financial officer.
Don't assume this couldn't happen in America too.
Politicians who don’t like receiving nastygrams should quit government work.
Federal law can punish true threats, and doxing intended to facilitate violence. But this woman simply named a government agent, which is not a crime.
Eight of the Prairieland Detention Center protesters were sentenced to a combined 450 years in prison.
"This indictment appears to be going way overboard, using a sledgehammer to address what might have been some infractions."
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is targeting the Disney-owned broadcaster with two different government enforcement actions.
The sci-fi scumlords GWAR have been killing presidents onstage for years, but until now they say they've never had problems with the Secret Service.
The court said the law—which would require age verification for everyone—constitutes only a “marginal burden” and "does not raise meaningful concerns about muting valuable protected discourse."
The league’s conduct is indisputably protected by the First Amendment. But that doesn't make it wise.
Three in 10 Americans at least occasionally carry a firearm.
Richard Hershey is asking the Supreme Court to overrule a 5th Circuit decision that blocked the lawsuit provoked by that obvious First Amendment violation.
Government agencies would have to report communications and could be sued for bullying.
The JAWBONE Act would let Americans sue government officials who try to restrict their speech by pressuring social media platforms, broadcasters, or AI companies.
The president himself has repeatedly contradicted that claim.
The president has repeatedly argued that courts have no business deciding whether his actions are legal.
Protesters continue to clash with law enforcement outside the Delaney Hall immigration detention facility, but questions remain over whether DHS policies comply with First Amendment law.
Civil liberties groups say recording the police is core First Amendment activity. The Right to Record Act of 2026 would create a right to sue federal officers who violate it.
A guest post by Prof. Paul Finkelman.
Blanche is happy to pervert justice in service of the president's personal agenda. No wonder Trump wants to keep him as attorney general.
The American Civil Liberties Union is asking a judge to block the Memphis Safe Task Force from retaliating against anyone who exercises their First Amendment right to record the police.
Debbie Brockman, a U.S. citizen, was held in federal custody for seven hours and released with no charges after her arrest by immigration agents last October.
The rare reported fall in the nation's homeless population is mostly the result of the ebbing migrant surge of 2023 and 2024.
But free speech advocates are pushing back.
The president’s habitual attempts to criminalize dissent hark back to tyrants of yore.
After a magistrate judge said a DHS investigator had failed to establish probable cause, the government decided it did not need the YouTube and iPhone records after all.
The president's last-minute endorsement of Paxton was driven by his petty grievances against incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, who was clearly the safer bet to retain the seat.
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