Commentary: Some constitutional victories arrive with trumpets. Others arrive quietly.

The most important free speech question of the decade may not be about social media. It may be about chatbots. As generative AI reshapes how people communicate, courts and legislators must confront ...

The United Supreme Court has difficulty with new technology. The court ruled in Mutual Film Corp. v. Industrial Comm’n of Ohio (1915) that motion pictures were unprotected speech because “the ...

September 2024 provided a microcosm of the phenomenon, especially for laws pivoting on age verification and restricting minors’ access to online content. On September 10, a federal court blocked ...

Sterling, meanwhile, alleges it enjoys First Amendment protection, and that Daniel's Law inhibits its ability to find and supply names and addresses of potential donors from whom candidates can ...

In 2021, the legal scholars RonNell Andersen Jones and Sonja West published a study tracking the Supreme Court’s references ...

The legal dispute stems from Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell's prosecution of pro-Palestine protesters. Mitchell, a Republican, argues the law improperly allows judges to interfere with ...

Part of a Knight First Amendment Institute Symposium on Managing Government Employee Speech in a Democracy, which the Journal is publishing.

Some short excerpts from the >35K-word decision by Judge Noël Wise (N.D. Cal.) in Stanford Daily Pub. Corp. v.

In the “fake news” era, as AI becomes more sophisticated by the day, misinformation can sometimes seem more prevalent than the truth. Free speech protects a lot — even what’s false. Do you know where ...

Protecting children and teens from the potential dangers of excessive screen time has been widely recognized as a societal priority. Responding to widening parental concerns, state legislatures have ...

Arizona's Republican legislative leaders slammed the Maricopa County attorney's arguments that a First Amendment protection law violates the state constitution. In a court filing, Senate President ...