Well, at least, we know: Roe v. Wade, which has protected abortion rights in the U.S since 1973, seems likely to be overturned.
Six people using First Amendment freedoms to make this a better nation – examples to us all
The 2022 Free Expression Awards took place on April 28 at The Anthem in Washington, D.C. and streamed live online. Watch the program here.
Perspective: No better example today of what our First Amendment freedoms really mean, thanks to Vladimir Putin
There is no better current example of what the First Amendment really means – and how it works – than the real-time proof provided by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion […]
Perspective: What if the nation’s founders had been able to tweet?
The nation’s founders didn’t have access to today’s social media – but what if they had?
When did the Jan. 6 insurrection move past the First Amendment?
The Jan. 6 insurrection started as a rally protected by the First Amendment, but within hours moved outside its protections.
Perspective: Why the least known First Amendment freedom could be the most important (and threatened)
Many of the nation’s founders considered petition to be the most important First Amendment freedom, believing it would protect the rest of the Bill of Rights and the Constitution itself.
Survey says we like our First Amendment rights – whatever they are
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.
