Donald Trump’s election win, aided in part by online disinformation, has reignited the debate over whether the First Amendment’s protections are adequate in today’s digital age. The contemporary ...

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.

American presidents have long tested the bounds of First Amendment protections. From John Adams enforcing the Sedition Act that criminalized critical speech, to Woodrow Wilson suppressing anti-war ...

User-Created Clip August 30, 2018 2018-04-28T07:04:50-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/2e4/20180428070613002_hd.jpgHarmeet Dhillon shares some history of free ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This Trumpian moment recalls the industry's infamous blacklist era. Fittingly, Jane Fonda has resurrected the Committee for the First Amendment. By Chris Yogerst “Any investigation into the political ...

After the Trump administration froze $2.2 billion in federal funds to Harvard University, on claims its faculty and student body do not represent sufficient “viewpoint diversity,” Harvard has gone to ...