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James Comey allegedly faces federal charges over a social media post some interpreted as a threat against Trump, raising First Amendment questions.
Officials called for ABC to punish Jimmy Kimmel for a remark about the first lady, but an expert said it was constitutionally-protected speech.
The right to peacefully assemble is part of the First Amendment of the Constitution. But recent protests across the country show that exercising that right can come with real risks and complications.
Free speech advocates sounded the alarm Tuesday over the Federal Communications Commission’s challenge to ABC’s broadcast licenses.
The United Supreme Court has difficulty with new technology. The court ruled in Mutual Film Corp. v. Industrial Comm’n of Ohio (1915) that motion pictures were unprotected speech because “the exhibition of moving pictures is … not to be regarded ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alabama and 19 other Republican-led states are asking the Supreme Court to blow up more than a century of First Amendment precedents. In their place, they are urging the high court’s ...
Within weeks of retaking the White House, President Donald Trump boasted that he had “brought free speech back to America.” But since then, he has tested the limits of the First Amendment time and again, stoking alarm among civil rights experts and his ...
At an Estrella Mountain forum, Chief Judge Jennifer Zipps urged students to defend broad free speech rights under the First Amendment.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Demonstrators protest the suspension of the "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" show on Sept. 18, 2025, in Los Angeles, Calif. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images Imagine a protest outside the funeral of ...
Let’s imagine what it’s like to be Josh D’Amaro right now, as the FCC challenges ABC’s station licenses while President Trump calls on Disney to fire Jimmy Kimmel.