Free speech has long been a defining feature of American democracy — but how has its definition changed amidst today’s turbulent political climate? That question centered Tuesday morning’s First ...

Most Americans, thankfully, want nothing to do with bloodshed. They want democracy preserved. That requires recommitting to pluralism and resisting the dangerous urge to weaponize government power — ...

The keynote address from the "Gitlow v. New York at 100" symposium, held this year at the Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law; other papers from that symposium will be ...

Participants reflected on how free speech and hate speech are defined, noting how these boundaries can blur. Some voiced concerns about self-censorship in response to what could be perceived as hate. ...

London — President Donald Trump claimed that Europeans are losing their “wonderful right of freedom of speech.” Elon Musk told a far-right rally in London that Britons are “scared to exercise their ...

The Constitution’s First Amendment protects free speech for good reason. If people can’t say what they want, we don’t have honest debate. I was relieved when Donald Trump, campaigning for the ...

When a state legislator uses official letterhead to coerce a newspaper into rewriting coverage, we should all be alarmed. That’s what happened in Homer. State Rep. Sarah Vance, a Republican from Homer ...

When he reentered the White House in January, President Donald Trump insisted that protecting free speech was one of his key missions. On his first day back in office, he signed an executive order ...

That Good was killed for engaging in First Amendment activity protected by the Fourteenth Amendment – and that the Trump administration is backing Ross while maligning Good and her wife – shows how ...

Free speech is a privilege that many of us hold dear. But as machines become increasingly capable of generating words, ideas and arguments, should this fundamental right be extended to them too? This ...