Discover how the First Amendment safeguards speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition freedoms in the U.S. Explore its significance and key Supreme Court cases.

"[I]n the public university setting, student disagreement with a professor's academic speech on an issue of public concern cannot alter the Pickering analysis in the government's favor." A short ...

A new scholarship opens, a federal student loan plan ends and local support is underway ahead of the holidays.

The First Amendment’s protections are significant, only allowing a government or university to punish students for speech in ...

Americans worry that the country is becoming less friendly to free expression. But the equating of words and violence doesn't ...

Two state leaders for free speech on college campuses commended the University of Oklahoma for its handling of the ongoing ...

Experts expressed both concern and encouragement at the findings of the survey, which was conducted in the weeks after Kirk's ...

The First Amendment states: "Congress shall make no law... prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging... freedom of speech." In today’s America, the First Amendment is more important than ...

We were hoping to hear a robust defense of free speech on campus at a special hearing of the Texas Legislature on civil discourse in higher education. College campuses are a place for exploration and ...

University of Texas President Jim Davis told lawmakers Thursday that his campus aims to better foster civil discourse and produce compassionate, informed students through reforms to core curriculum ...

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NASHVILLE—The College Gameday crowd subsided, Vanderbilt’s players sat in the locker room on one knee and a hush of sorts fell over the open space that they sat in as Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea ...