This piece originally appeared in the The Hill on September 16, 2020.   Can the government put words in your mouth? The Constitution says no, ...

This piece originally appeared in the Washington Examiner on September 15, 2020.   What do Steven Pinker, David Frum, Margaret Atwood, and Noam Chomsky have ...

Dark money could be trending toward a record low this election cycle.

This piece originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal on August 26, 2020.   A third of Americans fear being fired for their political beliefs. ...

This piece originally appeared in the The Star-Ledger on July 30, 2020.   If you voted in the primary, you probably noticed a short slogan ...

This piece originally appeared in the Washington Examiner on July 13, 2020.   We should have learned our lesson by now. In elections, it’s not ...

This piece originally appeared in the Washington Examiner on June 23, 2020.   It’s true in life and politics: You don’t know what you ...

The IRS recently amended its nonprofit donor reporting rules to protect the identities of contributors. From now on, nonprofits (except for 501(c)(3) charities and ...

A policeman injured by an unknown attacker at a Black Lives Matter protest in July 2016 in Louisiana sued the protest's organizer, DeRay Mckesson, ...

In the midst of a devastating pandemic and plummeting tax revenue, New York’s new budget law gives millions of tax dollars to politicians for ...

The Institute for Free Speech urged the Supreme Court yesterday to reverse a lower court ruling that favors the government in First Amendment challenges ...

The Institute for Free Speech published the first in a series of analyses today reviewing the First Amendment records of President Trump's likely nominees ...

The Institute for Free Speech published new research today finding no evidence of increased public corruption following the Supreme Court's 2010 ruling in Citizens ...

The Taxpayers Association of Oregon filed an amicus brief late Monday urging a state circuit court to strike down Multnomah County’s limits on campaign ...

The Institute for Free Speech today published an analysis of the Judicial Ads Act (S.4183), a bill that would impose campaign finance regulations on speech ...

The Institute for Free Speech today urged the Supreme Court to reverse a lower court ruling that could effectively close the courthouse doors to ...

 Two candidates for Congress in New Jersey today asked a federal court to declare the state's restrictions on campaign slogans unconstitutional. The Institute for Free Speech ...

President Donald Trump today announced his intent to nominate Institute for Free Speech Legal Director Allen Dickerson to the Federal Election Commission.

Institute for Free Speech President David Keating released the following statement in response to yesterday’s executive order concerning speech on social media platforms:

The Institute for Free Speech released the following statement in response to today's announcement that the IRS finalized a rule to protect the privacy of ...

In the News The Pelican Institute (Video): PeliCast: Online Speech During Elections Hosted by Eric Peterson Did someone say online censorship? Tune in Thursday ...

New from the Institute for Free Speech Facebook and Twitter Become Arbiters of Truth By Scott Blackburn After years of claiming otherwise, Facebook and Twitter ...

New from the Institute for Free Speech Just in Time for Halloween: The Social Dilemma Frightens with the Fictional Monsters of Big Tech By ...

New from the Institute for Free Speech No Evidence of Scandal at ActBlue By David Keating Take Back Action Fund recently peddled a so-called ...

We’re Hiring! Legal Director – Institute for Free Speech – Washington, DC or Virtual Office The Institute for Free Speech anticipates the need for ...

In the News Rappahannock News: Haystack brouhaha raises sign ordinance questions By Rachel Needham In an interview with this newspaper, First Amendment advocate David ...

The Courts Fresno Bee: Devin Nunes lost in court against a magazine. Now he wants to change US libel law By Kate Irby In ...

In the News Graydon: Judge Amy Coney Barrett and the First Amendment By Jack Greiner I’ve been wondering about how Judge Barrett might view ...

We’re Hiring! Legal Director – Institute for Free Speech – Washington, DC or Virtual Office The Institute for Free Speech anticipates the need for ...

Supreme Court SCOTUSblog: Argument analysis: Justices skeptical of challenge to Delaware rules on bipartisanship in judiciary By Amy Howe The Supreme Court heard the ...