A leaked draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that looks like it will overturn the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision has […]
Perspective: How the Supreme Court could rule on key religious rights questions this term
Freedom Forum First Amendment specialist Kevin Goldberg breaks down why two key religious freedom cases before the Supreme Court this term matter to you — and predicts how the court […]
Perspective: Free speech and press need freedom of information
“The right to speak and the right to print, without the right to know, are pretty empty.”
Perspective: How the Supreme Court could rule on key free speech questions this term
Freedom Forum First Amendment specialist Kevin Goldberg breaks down why two key free speech cases before the Supreme Court this term matter to you — and predicts how the court […]
Perspective: Why arguments for regulating social media fail the First Amendment test
Should Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and other social media platforms be able to ban users, including former presidents and members of Congress? Should they be required to remove disputed, misleading or […]
Perspective: Jan. 6 won’t shake my First Amendment convictions
On the morning of Jan. 6, 2021, I set out from the front steps of my house for a run, exactly 1.24 miles from the U.S. Capitol. I intentionally chose […]
Perspective: Supreme Court shouldn’t make it riskier to scrutinize prominent people
“I am not a role model. I’m not paid to be a role model. I’m paid to wreak havoc on the basketball court.”
Perspective: Restricting Speech in the Name of Safety, from Panic to Pandemic
The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 occurred on a Tuesday. By the end of that week, we saw the beginnings of restrictions on First Amendment rights that extended for […]
