Americans deeply value their First Amendment rights to freely worship and to freely voice their views, but we are deeply divided on how to apply and regulate those freedoms, a […]
Perspective: No, it’s not a crime to write “F*** Biden” — it’s F*** Speech
There’s a story firing around the web today — and getting a major amount of news media attention — that shouting or writing “F*** Biden” is “not just dangerous … […]
Perspective: In furor over new Texas law, don’t forget the First Amendment
The white-hot battle over Texas’s new law restricting abortion generally is not seen as including First Amendment concerns — but it does and should.
Perspective: Protect assembly and petition by preserving listening at public meetings
Two of the least-known freedoms protected by the First Amendment — the rights of assembly and petition — are being tested in today’s rancorous, confrontational social atmospherics.
Perspective: Some First Amendment Back-to-School Advice
What can public school students say and do when it comes to expressing themselves in school this year?
Perspective: Freedom Forum is 30 years old — and just getting started
The Freedom Forum is 30 years old this July 4, but in many ways is just getting started in its mission of “fostering First Amendment freedoms for all.”
Perspective: New state anti-protest laws, if upheld, threaten to mute our First Amendment freedoms
By Gene Policinski, Freedom Forum Senior Fellow for the First Amendment
Perspective: News outlets need caution in offering a ‘fresh start’
What to know about ‘unpublishing’ policies
Perspective: White House and press corps should practice transparency, not prior review
By Gene Policinski, Freedom Forum Senior Fellow for the First Amendment A “free press” should be just that: Free to conduct interviews without prior review of quotes or stories by government […]
Perspective: Facebook’s Trump moment might define social media’s future under the First Amendment
Facebook’s “supreme court” on Wednesday approved the ban that blocked former President Donald J. Trump from using Facebook and Instagram after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol – but […]