Trump tests the First Amendment: A timeline

Within weeks of retaking the White House, President Donald Trump boasted that he had “brought free speech back to America.” But since then, he has tested the limits of the First Amendment time and ...
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‘It has limits’: Here’s how far your First Amendment rights go

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Freedom of speech. It’s the first guarantee in the United States Bill of Rights. Yet, in the week following the assassination of conservative activist and Turning Point USA ...
The Conversation

Why free speech rights got left out of the Constitution – and added in later via the First Amendment

Donald Nieman receives funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Council of Learned Societies. He is affiliated with Braver Angels. Bipartisan agreement is rare in these ...
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Test your Constitutional knowledge: When can free exercise of religion be limited under the First Amendment?

The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion but not every practice is automatically protected. From prayer in public schools to vaccine exemptions and workplace dress codes, some acts of faith ...
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What the First Amendment Really Protects

From protests and journalism to social media and campus speech, explore how the First Amendment safeguards everyone — including immigrants — and what it actually covers. The First Amendment is a ...
The Baltimore Sun

Masked men recording people in Havre de Grace worry some residents

Masked men recording people at the post office and library in Havre de Grace have caused a stir among some residents, but the men say they are simply exercising their First Amendment right. On Oct. 25 ...
NPR

Judge says Education Dept. partisan out-of-office emails violated First Amendment

A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration violated the First Amendment rights of Education Department employees when it replaced their personalized out-of-office e-mail notifications with ...
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Test your Constitutional knowledge: Is misinformation protected by the First Amendment?

In the “fake news” era, as AI becomes more sophisticated by the day, misinformation can sometimes seem more prevalent than the truth. Free speech protects a lot — even what’s false. Do you know where ...
AAUP

Academic Freedom's Uneven First Amendment Path

This review is part of a preview of the winter 2026 issue of Academe. The issue will be released in full in February.
CNN

Editing federal employees’ emails to blame Democrats for shutdown violated their First Amendment rights, judge says

A federal judge ruled Friday that the Department of Education violated the First Amendment rights of some agency employees when it sent out-of-office messages on their behalf that blamed Democrats for ...
OPB

Judge says Education Dept. partisan out-of-office emails violated First Amendment

The Washington headquarters of the Department of Education on March 12. A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration violated the First Amendment rights of Education Department employees when ...