Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A federal judge told students that the First Amendment protects far more speech than many Americans realize, including speech they ...

House Republicans filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to reject qualified immunity for officers who stopped a Christian evangelist's speech.

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, ...

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Floyd Abrams’ initials signaled his destiny as a First Amendment lawyer. More than any others, Abrams’ name is synonymous ...

The Los Angeles City Council is barreling toward a First Amendment showdown after trying to police what Americans can — and can’t — say during public meetings. The city is facing the threat of a ...

Republican New York Rep. Mike Lawler and Democratic New Jersey Rep. Josh Gottheimer urged four agencies to crack down on so-called election misinformation propagated by artificial intelligence (AI) ...

A federal appeals court ruled that a common Arizona school district policy banning "offensive" speech is unconstitutional. A jury awarded a mother $200,000 after finding a school district used this ...

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 ...

Washington — Former FBI Director James Comey urged a federal judge on Monday to throw out an indictment alleging he threatened President Trump's life, arguing that it targets speech protected by the ...

If you value factual, determined truth telling, World Press Freedom Day, celebrated this month, is for you. It comes amid increasing peril for journalists around the world. In 2025, a journalist was ...

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 ...