The United Supreme Court has difficulty with new technology. The court ruled in Mutual Film Corp. v. Industrial Comm’n of Ohio (1915) that motion pictures were unprotected speech because “the ...

On the eighth episode of the ‘Seattle News Weekly’ podcast, Bill Wixey hosted Seattle University’s Dr. Caitlin Carlson who explained the scope and limits of the First Amendment, including which kinds ...

The First Amendment of the Bill of Rights establishes rights to speech, religion, press, and assembly. Monday night in Austin and Dallas, police broke up protests in the streets over the federal ...

American colleges and universities are increasingly firing or punishing professors and other employees for what they say, whether it’s on social media or in the classroom. After the Sept. 10, 2025, ...

The most important free speech question of the decade may not be about social media. It may be about chatbots. As generative AI reshapes how people communicate, courts and legislators must confront ...

A few months ago, the First Amendment Foundation agreed to partner with the University of Florida Levin College of Law to help launch a First Amendment Law Laboratory—designed to expose students to ...

The First Amendment states that the government "shall make no law….abridging the freedom of speech." But one prominent conservative judge, whose name has been mentioned as a potential nominee to the U ...

The First Amendment’s free speech protection is under siege by the Trump administration and that should bother every American, including Republicans. The First Amendment has been plenty misunderstood ...