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.
Reason

Federal Court Rules Speech-Based Deportations of Non-Citizen Students and Academics Violate the First Amendment

Today, in AAUP v. Rubio, federal district Judge William G. Young (appointed by Ronald Reagan) ruled that speech-based deportations of foreign students and academics violate the First Amendment. Here ...
Fort Collins Coloradoan

Teachers' association, PSD school board warn of misleading text over Amendment 80

The Colorado Education Association and its president are opposed to Amendment 80 on the November 2024 ballot despite text messages with an edited audio clip that suggest otherwise. Those messages have ...
Tennessean

As free speech debates rage, Americans have low understanding of First Amendment

An annual survey published by the Freedom Forum shows this year that American's understanding of their First Amendment rights remains low. Even as the First Amendment takes centerstage after the ...