Video of Dallas police detaining street preachers at arena sparks First Amendment debate

A video of Dallas police detaining two street preachers outside of the American Airlines Center has drawn hundreds of ...
The Baltimore Sun

Havre de Grace ‘First Amendment auditor’ responds to charges: ‘I give what I get’

The “First Amendment auditor” charged with harassment and disorderly conduct for recording people outside a Havre de Grace post office told his side of the story in a YouTube video posted Sunday. In a ...
Aclu.org

What the First Amendment Really Protects

From protests and journalism to social media and campus speech, explore how the First Amendment safeguards everyone — including immigrants — and what it actually covers. The First Amendment is a ...
Opinion
American Enterprise InstituteOpinion

Public School Students’ Online, Off-Campus Speech Rights: Lessons from a First Amendment Victory, Part 2

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 ...

DHS Says Recording or Following Law Enforcement 'Sure Sounds Like Obstruction of Justice'

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says recording or following federal law enforcement "sure sounds like obstruction ...
The Republic

First Amendment rights and whether you really should say that

The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States says, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting; the free exercise thereof; or abridging the ...
The Gazette

Speech on campus: What the First Amendment doesn’t protect

FILE - This photo made available by the U.S. National Archives shows a portion of the first page of the United States Constitution. (National Archives via AP, File) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio ...
SFGate

First Amendment in flux: When free speech protections came up against the Red Scare

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Yet, the First Amendment has not always been potent enough to protect the right to ...
NPR

NPR has made a "very substantial showing" in its effort to protect the First Amendment rights of the public media system, says federal judge

October 30, 2025; Washington, D.C. — Today NPR marked a significant milestone in our case to protect First Amendment rights for the public media system. The court hearing our challenge to the Trump ...
Tallahassee Democrat

Do First Amendment rights apply in school libraries? A federal judge said no

A Florida federal judge ruled that a school district's removal of an LGBTQ+ book did not violate First Amendment rights. The judge stated that school libraries are not public forums and curating books ...
News4Jax

Officer protection or First Amendment violation? Civil rights attorneys argue Florida’s ‘Halo Law’ is unconstitutional

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – After two Jacksonville women were charged with violating Florida’s recently enacted Halo Law in connection with a violent arrest outside a school last week, two high-profile civil ...