In 2018, the Supreme Court settled a fundamental question of constitutional law in Janus v. AFSCME. The Court held, with ...

In the wake of last week’s deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol, William & Mary News spoke with Timothy Zick, nationally recognized free speech expert and John Marshall Professor of Government and ...

Police in the California coastal community of Pismo Beach received an influx of calls earlier this week about people filming citizens at the local post office. It turns out they were First Amendment ...

Students' First Amendment rights are limited in schools, but not nonexistent. Schools can control student newspapers and ban speech promoting illegal drug use. While schools can remove books for ...

The assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has sparked a wave of political commentary. There were the respectful and sincere comments condemning the killing. Former President Barack Obama ...

Imagine a protest outside the funeral of a popular political leader, with some of the protesters celebrating the death and holding signs that say things like "God Hates the U.S./Thank God for 9/11," ...

Some government officials have sent letters to the MLB centered on religious discrimination concerns, though experts were ...

In an annual report by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, the First Amendment group found that students are reporting increasingly negative views of their free speech rights. The ...

First Amendment freedoms shape how we live, work and connect with one another. These fundamental rights — freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition — form the foundation of American ...

"Right now, the government and its cronies [are] routinely violating its First Amendment to silence artists," she said at ...