The Constitution Annotated: First Amendment Fundamental Freedoms and the Complexity of Protections. Arguably, the most misinterpreted part of freedom of speech is what is protected and what is not.

(The Center Square) – Freedom of speech is a critical issue for most Americans, over crime, immigration, and health care, a new poll says. Despite bipartisan agreement on its importance, there ...

Many Americans worry freedom of speech is fading, while others feel empowered to say what they want. NPR's Morning Edition explores this dynamic in a new series, The State of the First Amendment.

In that landmark case, the court ruled that freedom of speech, the right to know what the government is doing, and the right to consult whatever source one chooses when forming an opinion each ...

Burt looks at how Freedom of Speech became central to the US creed. 1 Freedom of Speech is central to Burt’s work, which is why he put together two programs dealing with the subject. In this ...

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. warned on Saturday that freedom of speech was under threat at universities and that freedom of religion was in peril in society at large.

All year we’ve bandied about phrases like “civil discourse,” “open inquiry,” “academic freedom,” and “free speech.” It’s time to clarify them, and what living by them requires.

Freedom of speech is the right of a person to articulate opinions and ideas verbally or symbolically without threat or reprisal. Unless it rises to the level of discrimination or harassment, as ...