Category: First Five

This column expresses the views of Gene Policinski, senior fellow for the First Amendment, Freedom Forum. We often use our free speech rights at the top of our lungs and in public spaces to protest loudly, proudly and prominently.

This column expresses the views of Gene Policinski, senior fellow for the First Amendment, Freedom Forum. Five people died as a result of Wednesday’s mob assault on the U.S. Capitol – and their deaths will linger in the nation’s conscience.

This column expresses the views of Gene Policinski, senior fellow for the First Amendment, Freedom Forum. Assembling to protest is our right under the First Amendment — it’s how we talk to each other as a nation.

This column expresses the views of Gene Policinski, senior fellow for the First Amendment, Freedom Forum. 2020 is the challenging year that just won’t go away, however much we wish it would, as many current issues over First Amendment freedoms flop over into the new year.

This column expresses the views of David Callaway of the Georgia Rights, Responsibility, Respect Project. December can be a controversial month in public schools. Millions of Americans are celebrating holidays like Christmas, Hannukah and Kwanzaa. Public-school educators, many of whom are celebrating themselves, are looking for creative and engaging ways of bringing some of that […]

This column expresses the views of Gene Policinski, senior fellow for the First Amendment, Freedom Forum. Our nation’s annual Bill of Rights Day had a bit more reality for more of us in 2020 than in most years, even though it passed again with little-to-no notice from most of us.

This column expresses the views of Gene Policinski, senior fellow for the First Amendment, Freedom Forum. The First Amendment’s protections for five core freedoms don’t extend outside the United States, but there are all-too-many times these days you wish they would.

This column expresses the views of Trey Daniel of the Georgia Rights, Responsibility, Respect Project. The practice of Religious Freedom, like most other spheres of human activity, has been radically affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

This column expresses the views of Patty Rhule, vice president of content innovation, Freedom Forum. At the Freedom Forum, we’ve thought about creating T-shirts that read: “Free speech: Complicating Thanksgiving Dinner since 1791.”

Buckle up, America. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito may well have pulled the “start” switch on the First Amendment’s legal equivalent of a popular carnival attraction, the Tilt-a-Whirl — a wild, spinning legislative ride propelled by a revolving wheel of judicial review.