The First Amendment – Free Speech Most commonly associated with freedom of speech, this amendment intends to guard the fundamental rights of the citizens – free speech, freedom of religion ...

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.

The First Amendment, after all, protects freedom of speech in nearly absolute terms. It allows people to espouse even the most unsavory views, including support for genocide, and face no criminal ...

Opinion: Only the First Amendment can protect students, campuses and speech Colleges and universities are democracy’s greatest arsenal. They do not need the unanimity of the graveyard.

The courts shouldn’t allow Texas to restrict campus protests that it finds offensive or politically incorrect.

For years, internet users have shared a quote attributed to George Washington, the first president of the United States, reading: "If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may ...

“Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech or of the press …” — First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution During the oral argument before the Supreme Court in the ...

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging ...

The First Amendment only applies to “state action,” and does not generally apply to private employees, who have more control over the political speech that is permitted within the workplace.

Trump’s actions and rhetoric have served as a lightning rod of constitutional controversy, drawing concern from First Amendment advocates.

About 53% of Americans believe the First Amendment goes too far in the rights it protects, according to a new poll by the nonprofit Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, or FIRE.