A short excerpt from the long decision in Canel v. Art Institute of Chicago, decided yesterday by Judge Georgia Alexakis (N.D. Ill.): The events Canel describes in her second amended complaint—even ...

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 ...

A federal complaint alleged a first grader in California was punished for giving a "Black Lives Matter" drawing to an African American classmate in 2021. A court ruled in favor of the school district, ...

A federal judge has knocked down the core of President Trump's executive order barring federal funding for NPR and PBS, saying it violated the broadcasters' First Amendment rights on its face. A ...

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 ...

Unlike private sector workers, government employees enjoy certain constitutional protections while at work, including free speech rights under the First Amendment. The extent of those rights has been ...

The firm’s First Amendment and free expression practice group will be co-chaired by Theodore J. Boutrous Jr., Katie Townsend and Connor Sullivan, who have collaborated on a number of high-profile ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A new bill moving through the Kansas Legislature is raising alarms among legal scholars and First Amendment advocates, as the Kansas House prepares to take action. “People should be ...

Nashville reporter Estefany Rodriguez was arrested on March 4 by immigration officials. Her lawyers, as part of her court case, claimed that federal authorities violated her First Amendment rights.

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 ...