Understanding the First Amendment: Key Freedoms and Landmark Cases

Discover how the First Amendment safeguards speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition freedoms in the U.S. Explore its significance and key Supreme Court cases.
CNN

Fox News rebuke shows Trump’s attacks on First Amendment are hitting roadblocks

In February 2023, Pete Hegseth and Pam Bondi joined one another to bemoan the state of the First Amendment under the Biden administration. Hegseth called it “scary” that the “First Amendment has ...
Politifact

President Trump said he ‘brought back free speech.’ His first 100 days tell a different story.

Hours after President Donald Trump took his second-term oath of office, he signed an executive order describing his commitment to the First Amendment and the right he said it affords people to "speak ...
CNN

Supreme Court hears arguments on First Amendment challenge to age verification for porn sites

• About this case: The Supreme Court heard a challenge from PornHub and other sites to the Texas law that requires age verification — via government-issued ID or face scan — for certain websites, ...
Law

Copyright Law Has a Free Speech Problem

Modern censors have no better friend than copyright law. It's time for a First Amendment check, writes John Tehranian. Latino celebrities Noelia Lorenzo Monge and Jorge Reynoso had a problem on their ...
WVEC

What the First Amendment protects — and what it doesn't

The First Amendment is a mere 45 words. But it's still giving lawmakers and judges fits 227 years after its adoption. The government can't establish religion, but federal, state and municipal ...