The Supreme Court declined to hear a case allowing Texas officials to remove books from public libraries, ruling such collections are "government speech" and not protected by the First Amendment. This ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A federal judge told students that the First Amendment protects far more speech than many Americans realize, including speech they ...

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A federal complaint alleged a first grader in California was punished for giving a "Black Lives Matter" drawing to an African American classmate in 2021. A court ruled in favor of the school district, ...

A federal judge has knocked down the core of President Trump's executive order barring federal funding for NPR and PBS, saying it violated the broadcasters' First Amendment rights on its face. A ...

Unlike private sector workers, government employees enjoy certain constitutional protections while at work, including free speech rights under the First Amendment. The extent of those rights has been ...

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Colorado cannot enforce its so-called "conversion therapy" ban regarding conversations between therapists and minors, saying the law likely violates the First ...

If you value factual, determined truth telling, World Press Freedom Day, celebrated this month, is for you. It comes amid increasing peril for journalists around the world. In 2025, a journalist was ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A new bill moving through the Kansas Legislature is raising alarms among legal scholars and First Amendment advocates, as the Kansas House prepares to take action. “People should be ...

A federal judge has struck down some of the Defense Department's strict controls on how journalists with access to the Pentagon are allowed to report — ending a policy that caused many news outlets to ...

A federal judge explained that the First Amendment protects a wide range of speech, including offensive content. The First Amendment applies to government restrictions on speech, not to rules set by ...

A federal judge told students that the First Amendment protects far more speech than many Americans realize, including speech they may find offensive. Chief U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer G. Zipps ...