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Over the next twelve months, this column will periodically discuss one of those American founding principles in the hope of ...

Police in a California coastal community received an influx of calls earlier this week about people filming citizens at the ...

To combat the scourge of people asking strangers for financial help, Griffin called on law enforcement around the state to ...

The Guntersville Museum is celebrating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States with a summer exhibit about the First Amendment.

A reinterpretation of a tax rule signals that houses of worship may now be able to endorse political candidates without ...

This term was marked by sharp right turns in major civil rights cases, a mixed record on lower-profile cases, and mixed ...

That's what we do, and that's why it's called the First Amendment." Around 100 people attended, filling up every seat in the department's community room and leaving some standing in the back.

A Florida law student’s paper advocating offensive views has just as much right to exist as anything, writes the chairman of ...

In upholding a Texas law requiring age verification to access porn websites, the court overturned a precedent that stood for ...

The Balkinization blog is running a symposium, based on an earlier in-person conference, on “Free Speech in Crisis and the Limits of the First Amendment“. My contribution is an excerpt from an essay I ...

The First Amendment guarantees several protections for Americans — including freedom of speech, the press, assembly, religion, and the right to petition the government.