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.

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

I've recently heard some people (serious people, though not First Amendment experts) argue that private universities have a duty to suppress certain kinds of anti-Semitic speech—or perhaps, more ...

A federal district court discusses how the First Amendment limits liability for "hostile environment harassment" based on "speech on matters of public concern" in universities (public or private). And ...

In the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s murder, a fierce First Amendment debate over the concept of “hate speech” has taken center stage across the nation. Conservative lawmakers and ...

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 ...

I met Pete Seeger personally while directing a documentary film about his environmental legacy. Yet, the First Amendment has not always been potent enough to protect the right to speak. The Cold War ...

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,” ...