Commentary

Without quorum, the Commission cannot hold hearings, issue rules, or enforce campaign finance laws and regulations. But this temporary loss of a quorum is not ...

This misconception has stubbornly dominated American political thinking for decades. Recent electoral contests have delivered the latest in a series of stunning repudiations of ...

This piece originally appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on April 17, 2025. Missourians should feel free to speak their minds on matters of public ...

Passing the South Carolina Public Expression Protection Act would give South Carolinians the speech protections they deserve.

Protecting the right to speak freely without fear of meritless lawsuits should be a priority for Michigan lawmakers.

Increasingly, Montana finds itself falling behind in a nation that has seen tremendous progress in bolstering safeguards against this form of lawfare.

Fifteen years after SpeechNow, it's time to recognize its essential wisdom: limiting the money we citizens can spend on political speech means limiting our free ...

If the Trump administration is serious about protecting free speech, then yes, let's reform laws to better protect it. But let's also foster a ...

Six decades later, the story of that “Bloody Sunday” in Selma shouldn’t be confined to the pages of history books. It is a story ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell's career reminds us that the First Amendment’s protections must extend to all Americans — particularly those with whom we disagree.