The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects our most basic freedoms and we encourage our students to practice their First Amendment rights. Obstruction of a police officer Willful ...

The First Amendment is widely considered to be the most important part of the Bill of Rights. It protects the fundamental rights of conscience—the freedom to believe and express different ideas ...

Panel 1: The Freedom of Speech and the Equality of Citizenship First Amendment doctrine, as it was developed in cases like Whitney v. California, was grounded on the belief that “discussion affords ...

Trump is drawing from a familiar playbook, clothing his latest act of election interference with the pretext that he is ...

“We are truly standing at a crossroads in which one of the five freedoms of the First Amendment is under unprecedented duress,” said Ken Paulson, who directs the Free Speech Center at the ...

Early Americans enjoyed great freedom compared to citizens of other nations. Nevertheless, once in power, even the Constitution's framers were guilty of overstepping the First Amendment they had so ...

Using vague government policy as a tool of political coercion is a tactic historically associated with authoritarian regimes.

World Press Freedom Day, observed on May 3, honors this UN universal human right. Printed in this newspaper's Opinion pages is “The First Amendment” spelling out the basic freedoms enshrined ...