The founders simply wanted to prevent Congress and the federal government from establishing a national religion.

A Miami Beach woman was questioned by police for a Facebook comment she made against the mayor. Free speech experts warn of a constitutional issue.

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 USA/Thank God for 9/11,” ...

In Bloomington, a packed auditorium at Indiana University heard Gov. Mike Braun speak at a Turning Point USA event that drew thousands of students. The gathering came six weeks after the assassination ...

At the height of the holiday season, colorful lights and vibrant displays are seen around the country, including on government property. But when decorations contain religious symbols – a nativity ...

NPR's Michel Martin asks First Amendment lawyer Theodore Boutrous about the FBI executing a search warrant at the home of a Washington Post reporter.

Joe Walsh is a senior editor for digital politics at CBS News. Joe previously covered breaking news for Forbes and local news in Boston. In the week since conservative activist Charlie Kirk was ...

Judge William G. Young of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled Tuesday that the federal government violated the First Amendment in its efforts to deport faculty and students ...

The First Amendment says that "Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech." But one prominent conservative judge, whose name has been mentioned as a possible U.S. Supreme Court nominee ...

A new festival presented by the First Amendment group Freedom Forum is coming to Nashville in April, featuring a lineup of heavy-hitting artists and celebrating the "power of music and the freedoms ...

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