The First Amendment is only 45 words long, yet 235 years of court battles have left Americans fiercely devoted to an idea ...

By Bobbie Stein, Special for CalMatters This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. If you have been paying attention at all, you know that we are living in ...

At least three rights protected under the First Amendment clashed in recent days as protesters and journalists, including former CNN anchor Don Lemon, were arrested in connection with a Minnesota ...

From protests and journalism to social media and campus speech, explore how the First Amendment safeguards everyone — including immigrants — and what it actually covers. The First Amendment is a ...

Kansas Senate approves budget amendment outlining financial sanctions against public school districts that don't stop student walkouts for protests.

Colorado Court of Appeals Judge Sueanna P. Johnson, right, asks a question during oral arguments in the second of two Colorado Court of Appeals cases being held in the library of Conifer Senior High ...

The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion but not every practice is automatically protected. From prayer in public schools to vaccine exemptions and workplace dress codes, some acts of faith ...

More than 100 people packed into Kachemak Bay Campus’s Pioneer Hall for a citizen’s town hall meeting following the “No Kings” demonstration on Saturday, Oct. 18. Panel member discussion and audience ...

A protest disrupted a church service in St. Paul, Minnesota, in January. In the weeks that followed, protesters and journalists involved in the incident were arrested. The case highlights the tensions ...