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As the Trump administration faces backlash over officials’ decisions to target speech with which it disagrees, federal judges have already left a lengthy trail of rulings lambasting the government for ...

Within weeks of retaking the White House, President Donald Trump boasted that he had “brought free speech back to America.” But since then, he has tested the limits of the First Amendment time and ...

Lawyers clashed Tuesday in a federal courtroom in San Jose over whether student newspaper The Stanford Daily can proceed with ...

Judge Robert Pitman opined that it likely violated the First Amendment: “The Act is akin to a law that would require every bookstore to verify the age of every customer at the door.” As my colleague ...

The authors review a recent court decision relating to a Colorado statute impacting social media sites. Protecting children and teens from the potential dangers of excessive screen time has been ...

In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, one would expect sympathy for him and his family. Calls for peace. Well wishes for his family. An overall desire for things to get better. But that is not ...

George K. Rahdert, a prominent and longstanding First Amendment attorney and defender, died in St. Petersburg Dec. 8. He was ...

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 ...

Please note that the views of outside contributors do not reflect the official opinions of SCOTUSblog or its staff. The Supreme Court recently heard oral argument in Chiles v. Salazar, a challenge to ...