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

With President Donald Trump labeling the media “the enemy” and threatening broadcast licenses and political enemies, First Amendment scholars are asking:  Is the First Amendment under more ...

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 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 ...

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.

is a senior tech and policy editor focused on online platforms and free expression. Adi has covered virtual and augmented reality, the history of computing, and more for The Verge since 2011. The ...

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

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

A bus passes by a poster of Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who exposed the agency’s secret mass-surveillance programs. (Reuters/ Bobby Yip) There’s a scene in Laura Poitras’s documentary ...

The Constitution's First Amendment protections on "free speech" are a major talking point as social media posts trigger morals clauses. Recent events are stimulating commentary online and on social ...

The prosecution of Trump for his attempt to overthrow the 2020 election does not threaten freedom of speech, not even a little bit. But this entire framing is mistaken. The prosecution of Trump for ...

Pain, Dominic Fike, Janelle Monaé and Avery Anna will play Nashville's inaugural Freely Fest celebrating the First Amendment.