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 […]
How a 40-Year-Old Supreme Court Ruling May Quash the Book Banning Wave
Supreme Court Justice William Brennan Jr. issued an opinion 40 years ago asserting that under the First Amendment, “Local school boards may not remove books from school library shelves simply […]
Perspective: The Roe v. Wade Leak Shows the Benefit of a Free Press
Well, at least, we know: Roe v. Wade, which has protected abortion rights in the U.S since 1973, seems likely to be overturned.
Perspective: How Gen Z activists are living and protecting the First Amendment
Zanagee Artis says he got into climate activism too late in life. The senior at Brown University co-founded Zero Hour, a youth-led climate movement, in 2017 when he was 17.
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: These teens are upstanders, not bystanders
Though it is a right protected by the First Amendment, most Americans have never assembled in a protest, rally or march. Gen Z is different: Activists are still among the […]
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: 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 […]
