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

How societies tolerate dissent directed at the state is key to "distinguishing a free nation from a police state." ...

The organization FIRE accused the department of “an egregious abuse of power” that “chills the exercise of First Amendment rights.” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Minutes before 9 a.m. on Oct. 1, Catherine O'Gara's morning was overwhelmed by two sounds: Loud knocks on the door of her Pinellas ...

From the White House down to city halls and county seats in the U.S., weak-kneed government officials are becoming ...

The director of public advocacy at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) offers a Q&A on what you can and cannot do.

The First Amendment Coalition is suing El Monte for refusing to provide a nonprofit news organization with records authorizing its police officers to take second jobs. The Los Angeles Center for ...

A lawsuit against Metro Police claiming its officers unconstitutionally retaliated against a livestreamer’s speech during a June anti-ICE protest in downtown Las Vegas details how a high-ranking ...

DALLAS -- A video of Dallas police detaining two street preachers outside of the American Airlines Center has drawn hundreds of thousands of views online and prompted a Texas Republican lawmaker to ...

WASHINGTON — American presidents have long tested the bounds of First Amendment protections. From John Adams enforcing the Sedition Act that criminalized critical speech, to Woodrow Wilson suppressing ...