UW Professor's Parody of Land Acknowledgment in Class Syllabus Protected by First Amendment

"[I]n the public university setting, student disagreement with a professor's academic speech on an issue of public concern cannot alter the Pickering analysis in the government's favor." A short ...
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.
Slate

The First Amendment Just Dodged an Enormous Bullet at the Supreme Court

At Supreme Court oral argument in the Texas social media case back in February, Justice Samuel Alito asked the question: “Let’s say YouTube were a newspaper, how much would it weigh?” In Monday’s ...
Reason

First Amendment Limits on Workplace Harassment Liability, in Claim of Anti-Semitic Harassment at CUNY Hunter College Following October 7 Attacks

I've long been interested in what limits the First Amendment imposes on "hostile work environment harassment" law (as well as the similar rules as to education, public accommodation, and housing); I ...
American Enterprise Institute

L’Affaire Kimmel and the First Amendment

Most law school exams are issue spotters, requiring students to analyze legal issues in a (sometimes ridiculous) fact pattern. The recent controversy over Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension is the perfect ...
Law

Supreme Court Remands 1st Amendment Challenges to Texas and Florida Social Media Laws

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to rule on the constitutionality of laws passed by Republicans in Florida and Texas regulating content moderation at large social media companies, sending the ...
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'They specifically target viewpoints the government seems to disfavor': Judge gives lengthy First Amendment lecture to Trump admin over failed effort to enforce anti-DEI orders

The Trump administration has failed to convince a federal judge that its efforts to penalize “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) initiatives should be allowed to go forward amid an ongoing ...

Supreme Court case about ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ highlights debate over truthful advertising standards

(THE CONVERSATION) The latest Supreme Court case related to abortion is not technically about the legal right to have one. When the court heard oral arguments on Dec. 2, 2025, the word “abortion” came ...