Burt looks at how Freedom of Speech became central to the US creed. 1 Freedom of Speech is central to Burt’s work, which is why he put together two programs dealing with the subject. In this ...

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

States are racing to ban our kids' cell phone use in our schools. That's great. But what about our kids' First Amendment rights?

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.

Academic freedom In addition to shifting the window of acceptable speech on campus, the Trump administration has reached for universities' purse strings to fulfill its agenda.

However, certain situations are unconstitutional. According to the United States Courts, the First Amendment freedom of speech includes the right: ...

Stated differently, each of the ratifiers of the Bill of Rights manifested in writing their unambiguous understanding that the freedom of speech is a natural right — personal to every human.

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.

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.

Simply embrace the First Amendment standard of speech as the University of Chicago, Stanford, Washington, Carnegie Mellon and others have done.

Nor does the First Amendment protect criminal conspiracy. If a group of students or professors conspires to violate the law, it is not protected merely because the conspiracy consists of speech.

Stated differently, each of the ratifiers of the Bill of Rights manifested in writing their unambiguous understanding that the freedom of speech is a natural right — personal to every human.