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

In Dissent is a recurring series by Anastasia Boden on Supreme Court dissents that have shaped (or reshaped) our country. Please note that the views of outside contributors do not reflect the official ...

Discover how the First Amendment safeguards speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition freedoms in the U.S. Explore its significance and key Supreme Court cases.

Today, in AAUP v. Rubio, federal district Judge William G. Young (appointed by Ronald Reagan) ruled that speech-based deportations of foreign students and academics violate the First Amendment. Here ...

May 30 and 31, 2025 CLC workshop: Reclaiming Constitutional Law: Limiting Executive Power Overreach, Expanding Shields. This is the second of a three-part series on Teaching Constitutional Law in a ...

Preston is a research fellow for tax policy in The Heritage Foundation’s Grover M. Hermann Center for the federal budget. Americans who have never lived elsewhere may take for granted the ...

A US federal court on Tuesday granted a preliminary injunction blocking the enforcement of a Texas law that requires users to verify their age before downloading mobile apps and accessing paid ...

Appeals court judge Amul Thapar argues First, Fourth and 14th Amendments shouldn’t extend to noncitizens, ‘let alone illegal ...