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Articles, news and insights about free expression in America

Presented by the Free Speech Center and the John Seigenthaler Chair of Excellence in First Amendment Studies

Speech and mass murder: Stay clear of the constitutional badlands

Flipping off police officer was reason enough to stop SUV, N.C. appeals court rules

Connecticut High Court finds student's gun threats were not protected by First Amendment

4th Circuit panel reinstates constitutional claims, says people have right to verbally challenge police

Minnesota court upholds harassment order preventing woman from posting online

2nd Circuit panel upholds New York ad bans inside Ubers and Lyfts

Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens contributed mightily to First Amendment jurisprudence

2nd Circuit rules President Trump engaged in viewpoint discrimination in removing critics from Twitter feed

Boston did not violate First Amendment by refusing to fly Christian flag, says 1st Circuit

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Speech and mass murder: Stay clear of the constitutional badlands

Flipping off police officer was reason enough to stop SUV, N.C. appeals court rules

Connecticut High Court finds student's gun threats were not protected by First Amendment

4th Circuit panel reinstates constitutional claims, says people have right to verbally challenge police

Minnesota court upholds harassment order preventing woman from posting online

2nd Circuit panel upholds New York ad bans inside Ubers and Lyfts

Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens contributed mightily to First Amendment jurisprudence

2nd Circuit rules President Trump engaged in viewpoint discrimination in removing critics from Twitter feed

Boston did not violate First Amendment by refusing to fly Christian flag, says 1st Circuit

Explore The First Amendment Encyclopedia

For News Media Interviews

First Amendment Issues

Ken Paulson

Constitutional History

John R. Vile

Journalism Issues

Deborah Fisher

Student rights, public employee speech, commercial speech

David L. Hudson Jr.

About John Seigenthaler

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