America’s response to foreign interference must respect constitutional rights.

Handing over the reins to government will destroy free expression on Facebook.

The FEC’s bipartisan and deliberative structure is critical for an agency that regulates sensitive core First Amendment-protected activities.

In an increasingly connected world, the risk of surveillance stifling speech is higher than ever. Protecting First Amendment rights in the 21st century calls for ...

Can the government ban political speech based on the identity of the speaker, or the mechanism that the speaker uses to communicate to fellow ...

Giving the equivalent of government-funded steroids to campaigns will not create a level playing field. It will just make elections more costly, more ad-driven, ...

The question of what should be regulated as "political" speech may be new to Facebook, but it has vexed campaign finance reformers for decades.

We have never accepted that the government — or our neighbors — have a broad right to know about our political activities.

Running for office and making speeches before one runs for office are core First Amendment rights. The FEC’s “testing the waters” rule unconstitutionally burdens ...

The way to counter corruption and check the influence of entrenched power is not to pry open the donor files of organizations, but to ...

The Institute for Free Speech today filed an amicus brief in the online speech and press rights case, The Washington Post, et al. v. ...

The Institute for Free Speech released the following statement in response to today’s decision in Libertarian National Committee v. FEC. The en banc D.C. ...

A federal judge has ruled unconstitutional South Dakota Initiated Measure 24, a state law which would have banned Americans from other states from contributing ...

A coalition of South Dakota media associations, trade associations, a nonprofit advocacy group, and a former South Dakota resident yesterday filed a lawsuit in ...

This Friday morning, Institute for Free Speech Legal Director Allen Dickerson will argue before all eleven judges of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ...

The Institute for Free Speech and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) yesterday filed an amicus brief stating that an Arkansas law ...

The Institute for Free Speech today published a first-of-its-kind survey of campaign speech regulations and grassroots lobbying laws that implicate First Amendment freedoms. The ...

The Institute for Free Speech released the following statement in response to today's vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to pass H.R. 1, ...

A friend-of-the-court brief filed last night by the Institute for Free Speech (IFS) argued that a federal judge erred in slamming the door to ...

Alexandria, VA – Institute for Free Speech President David Keating will testify before the Committee on House Administration at a hearing today on H.R. 1, ...

New from the Institute for Free Speech  Honest Ads Act Might Not Harm Facebook, But What About Everyone Else? By Meghan Brandabur At the Institute ...

In the News ABC News: California lawmakers consider new rules for political ads By Andrew Oxford, Associated Press California legislators are considering a proposal by Assemblyman ...

The Courts Courthouse News Service: Baltimore Police Cannot Condition Brutality Settlements on Gag Orders By Edward Ericson Jr. The Fourth Circuit ruled 2-1 Thursday that Baltimore ...

The Courts National Review: The Second Circuit Court of Appeals Was Wrong to Rule That Trump Can’t Block Twitter Users By David French By no traditional ...

In the News ABC 6 Columbus: President Trump can’t block critics on Twitter; decision affects other elected officials By Tom Bosco It’s the president’s favorite way ...

New from the Institute for Free Speech Advocacy Groups Across the Ideological Spectrum Demand Privacy for Their Supporters By Alex Baiocco In New Jersey, progressive ...

The Courts Associated Press: Missouri pays $500,000 after losing campaign finance lawsuit Missouri taxpayers footed a more than $500,000 legal bill after the state attorney ...

First Amendment Reason (Volokh Conspiracy): First Amendment Likely Bars Arizona’s Withdrawal of Tax Benefits to Nike Over Betsy Ross Sneaker Controversy By Eugene Volokh [T]he First ...

We’re Hiring! Media Manager – Institute for Free Speech – Washington, DC The Institute for Free Speech is searching for a detail-oriented, intellectually curious, ...

The Courts Courthouse News Service: D.C. Circuit Tosses State Republicans’ Challenge of SEC Political Contributions Rule for FINRA Broker-Dealers By Levi Lass The Court of Appeals ...