Students for Life at George Mason University claims that another student organization defamed the group by criticizing its event that compared abortion to slavery and segregation.
A First Amendment case prompts The Onion to explain how parody works.
The policy, released this week, places unconstitutional prohibitions on faculty speech.
While animal-rights activists still risk trespassing charges, the state of Iowa cannot make it illegal to record while trespassing on private property.
The 6th Circuit ruled that qualified immunity prevented Anthony Novak from vindicating his First Amendment rights.
Reddit users are protesting Texas' H.B. 20, which forces social media platforms to host speech they find objectionable.
A crackdown on insults, hate speech, and misinformation punishes dissenters who express themselves in ways that offend government officials.
Plus: Student drag shows are protected speech, a bank CEO rebuffs Rep. Rashida Tlaib, and more...
Even though it might cause pearl-clutching, there is nothing obscene about drag shows.
Democrats and Republicans both demand solutions that are inconsistent with the First Amendment.
It’s a terrible ruling that misunderstands years of First Amendment precedents. And it’s increasingly likely that the Supreme Court will have to intervene.
The case is now on appeal after a lower court said the ban on websites promoting prostitution didn't concern protected speech.
Behind the scenes, federal officials pressure social media platforms to suppress disfavored speech.
"The Court fails to see how the presence of a person recording a video near an officer interferes with the officer's activities," the judge wrote.
A new survey from FIRE shows one-third of college students report it is “sometimes” or “always” acceptable to shout down a controversial campus speaker.
Social media companies are eager to appease the government by suppressing disfavored speech.
An effort to ban sales of two books to minors ended with a Virginia judge saying that the state’s obscenity statute is “unconstitutional on its face."
Licensing authorities are penalizing Strong Towns founder Charles Marohn for referring to himself as a professional engineer while his license was briefly expired.
If AB 2098 is signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, it should face a First Amendment challenge.
The Judge Rotenberg Center, which has been condemned by the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, is suing a small nonprofit for defamation after they published a survey critical of the school's practices.
The venerable champion of civil liberties is increasingly indistinguishable from myriad progressive advocacy groups.
A new ordinance in Franklin will restrict evening and weekend protests and subject violators to misdemeanor charges.
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board determined this week that an applicant cannot have the exclusive rights to everybody's favorite curse word.
The lawsuit argues the new law will chill protected First Amendment activities and keep media and the public from holding police accountable.
The Christian satire site's editor on defying Twitter bans, flaying Gen Z's super-thin skin, and being funny while pious.
Florida’s governor claims unconstitutional powers that could be used to promote the "far-left" policies he decries.
Kyle Mann, the Christian satire site's editor, also talks Biden vs. Trump, and why he saves his deepest burns for mega-pastors like Joel Osteen.
A panel majority holds that "reasonableness" is all that is required and upholds the Park Service's permit-and-fee requirements.
How do you justify government speech mandates? Apparently, you deliberately pretend that businesses have no right to control the messages they choose to present.
The court ruled - correctly - that the law violates the First Amendment.
Ban on mandatory training of certain race topics “is a naked viewpoint-based regulation on speech.”
Billboards remind state residents that controversial speech enjoys First Amendment protection.
Former state attorney Andrew Warren says DeSantis unconstitutionally retaliated against him for his opinions, not any actions he had taken.
A Florida woman has been threatened with fines for giving tips without the proper occupational licensing.
Bedford's New Hope Christian Fellowship Church argues in a lawsuit that the town is applying uniquely restrictive rules to its religious gatherings.
The Delaware DMV recalled Kari Overington’s plate over “perceived profanity.” Now the ACLU is helping her take on the state.
Michael Picard's free speech rights were violated when he was booked for telling passersby to "Google Jury Nullification."
Plus: Researches challenges "chemical imbalance" theory of depression, contraception denial on trial, and more...
Lawmakers claimed they were just banning marketing guns to kids.
The Monty Python legend says political correctness is ruining creativity in all aspects of human activity.
Plus: DeSantis threatens Miami restaurant over drag performances, Hawley blasts Amazon acquisition that might lower health care prices, and more…
The larger, louder half of Penn & Teller talks masks, vaccines, compassion, Bob Dylan, and much, much more.
A rider advocacy group says the Montreal's transit agency violated its free speech rights by refusing to run ads critical of recent fare hikes.
New rules from the state alcohol control board could grind breweries into insolvency.
It's none of their business.
Stuart Reges placed a land acknowledgment in his syllabus. Just not the one his university wanted.
Though morally responsible for the attack on the Capitol and unfit for office, he’s protected by the First Amendment from legal liability.
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