As part of our 1A in Action series, we highlight Jovita Idár, who used the First Amendment to advocate for the causes that ...

We take a look at what people can — and can’t — say and do at public meetings, and how officials may regulate comments under ...

The New York Times is in a legal dispute with the U.S. Department of Defense over the DOD’s press access policies implemented in October 2025 and March 2026. In two lawsuits filed several months apart ...

The Federal Communications Commission has regulatory authority but is limited by the First Amendment’s protections for freedom of speech and freedom of the press, as well as federal laws prohibiting ...

NASHVILLE − There's turmoil over the state of free speech in America. The issue took center stage as free speech advocates, lawyers and experts from around the world convened recently at Vanderbilt ...

There’s more than one way to protest. Some people protest with their voices, others with their wallets. A boycott, an agreement by a group of people not to do business with a certain company, is a ...

Slander is making false statements about someone that damages that person’s reputation to someone other than the subject of the speech. An opinion is not slander; slander is statements that can be ...

Parades are a form of group expression where individuals gather for a collective and generally celebratory purpose in front of spectators or bystanders. They generally are more festive events that ...

False light is the widespread sharing of highly offensive, false material about someone with the knowledge that it is false or with reckless disregard for its truth or falsity. It often applies to ...

Petition is one of the five freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment. But what is it, exactly, and how can you exercise your constitutional right to “petition the government for a redress of ...