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.

Cornell University’s rules for trustee elections include a startling provision: candidates are prohibited from campaigning. This isn’t a narrow restriction on certain campaign activities. It’s ...

The Solicitor General's position aligns with the Institute’s arguments that limits on coordinated political party expenditures violate the First Amendment

Beth Scaer was silenced and threatened with police intervention after referring to a biologically male athlete who plays on the girls’ soccer team as ...

Its amicus brief argues the ruling provides governments a “roadmap to maneuver around the First Amendment”

A federal judge has ordered that the Sheridan County (WY) School District must pay attorneys’ fees following a lawsuit with Harry Pollak, a parent ...

Settlement requires the university to reform social media policies after blocking professor for saying “all men are created equal”

The Institute argues that Washington’s Fair Campaign Practices Act violates the First Amendment by imposing redundant public file requirements on platforms or firms that distribute political advertisements

The Institute’s amicus brief asks the Court to protect the First Amendment right to anonymously petition the government

New amicus brief details how Arizona’s donor disclosure law runs afoul of the state constitution, violating Arizonans’ right to “freely speak, write, and publish”

Attorneys for the Institute for Free Speech file new suit to end disclosure of small donations made through online “conduits” like WinRed or ActBlue

Utah officials rewrote credential rules to exclude independent journalists following Schott’s critical coverage

We’re Hiring! Senior Attorney – Institute for Free Speech – Washington, DC or Virtual Office The Institute for Free Speech is hiring a Senior Attorney with ...

In the News Washington Times: Lawsuit accuses Georgia school board of censoring moms at meetings By Sean Salai Two mothers have sued a Georgia school board ...

New from the Institute for Free Speech Forsyth County Schools Sued for Censorship at Board Meetings Concerned parents in Forsyth County want school officials ...

Congress People United for Privacy: PUFP Letter in Response to the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration’s July 19 hearing on “The DISCLOSE Act” ...

The Courts Washington Free Beacon: Court Overrules School District That Banned Father Who Exposed Obscene Library Books By Elizabeth Troutman A federal judge on Wednesday ...

In the News Epoch Times: Every Senate Dem but Sinema Backs Bill to Compromise First Amendment Freedom of Speech By Mark Tapscott First introduced in ...

In the News Bucks County Courier Times: Pennsbury settles free speech lawsuit. What it could mean to other districts By Peg Quann The impact of ...

In the News Insider: Ted Cruz: Democrats used to support free speech, but ‘unfortunately, that time has long since passed’ By Hanna Kang David Keating, ...

We’re Hiring! Senior Attorney – Institute for Free Speech – Washington, DC or Virtual Office The Institute for Free Speech is hiring a Senior Attorney with ...

In the News Philadelphia Inquirer: The Pennsbury School District will pay $300,000 to settle lawsuit over four men’s curtailed public comments By Maddie Hanna The ...