October 30, 2025; Washington, D.C. — Today NPR marked a significant milestone in our case to protect First Amendment rights for the public media system. The court hearing our challenge to the Trump ...

A federal judge ruled Friday that the Department of Education violated the First Amendment rights of some agency employees when it sent out-of-office messages on their behalf that blamed Democrats for ...

CHICAGO (WGN) – The Dirksen Federal Courthouse saw a fair share of activity on Wednesday all centered around protests at the Broadview ICE facility and the conduct of federal agents. Luci Mazur was ...

A Florida federal judge ruled that a school district's removal of an LGBTQ+ book did not violate First Amendment rights. The judge stated that school libraries are not public forums and curating books ...

Today, in AAUP v. Rubio, federal district Judge William G. Young (appointed by Ronald Reagan) ruled that speech-based deportations of foreign students and academics violate the First Amendment. Here ...

At least three rights protected under the First Amendment clashed in recent days as protesters and journalists, including former CNN anchor Don Lemon, were arrested in connection with a Minnesota ...

As the Trump administration faces backlash over officials’ decisions to target speech with which it disagrees, federal judges have already left a lengthy trail of rulings lambasting the government for ...

A Boston federal judge upheld the First Amendment rights of noncitizen protestors Sept. 30 in one of the most significant legal battles of President Donald Trump’s second term. Crowd from the Boston ...

A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration violated the First Amendment rights of Education Department employees when it replaced their personalized out-of-office e-mail notifications with ...

A federal judge in Idaho ruled that a public charter school violated a church’s First Amendment rights when it canceled a lease that allowed the church to hold Sunday services inside its gymnasium.

Shannon Joslin, a former Yosemite National Park ranger and wildlife biologist, filed a lawsuit against the federal government arguing that the government violated their 1st Amendment rights. "The ...

Columbia University reached a $200 million deal with the Trump administration in July. The Knight First Amendment Institute was among those concerned that it would hamper the school's autonomy. Though ...