The First Amendment is essential to American democracy because it protects freedom of speech, religion, the press, peaceful ...

The president has tried to use the force of government to punish law firms, universities and private companies that displease him.

Last month, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) that required restoration of ...

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 U.S./Thank God for 9/11," ...

In the wake of last week’s deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol, William & Mary News spoke with Timothy Zick, nationally recognized free speech expert and John Marshall Professor of Government and ...

Gibson Dunn’s Theodore Boutrous Jr., Katie Townsend and Connor Sullivan followed an emergency win restoring their clients’ ...

Does barring the AP from events open to the White House press pool violate the First Amendment? In my view, the answer is “yes.” It is black-letter law that, absent a compelling reason, the government ...

The American courts keep defending the First Amendment despite President Donald Trump’s best efforts to crack down on free speech and the free press.

The Trump administration must allow CNN, MS NOW, and Politico to access the White House while their lawsuit over the ...

As former state legislator Dick Batchelor writes, the since-dropped lawsuit over a Democratic political ad that highlighted ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Demonstrators protest the suspension of the "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" show on Sept. 18, 2025, in Los Angeles, Calif. Photo by Mario ...