Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The free speech rights of first graders are at the center of an ongoing legal fight in California. In a March 10 opinion, a panel ...

Can a "schoolyard dispute" warrant federal court intervention? Do first-graders have First Amendment rights? The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit just gave a resounding yes to both questions.

The Associated Press heads back to court on Monday as its First Amendment battle with the Trump administration over refusing to rename the "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America" continues. "This isn't ...

This story has been updated with more details from court record. He won an award for what people said is hate speech. He said it was free speech. Preston Damsky, a former UF law student, came under ...

The New York Times announced it is suing the Pentagon on First Amendment grounds over a new press policy that led to a slew of news outlets losing their security credentials to be in the building. The ...

In the pre-Roe days, nearly 20 states had some sort of law against abortion advertising or publishing information about abortion. In 1975, the U.S. Supreme Court said these were unconstitutional. Now ...

Did you know the First Amendment protects the right to protest — but not all demonstrations are treated equally? When, where and how people protest can determine whether their actions are legally ...

If the Supreme Court takes up Taylor v. Singleton, it could be the sum of all fears for the most vulnerable Americans. Alabama and 19 other Republican-led states are asking the Supreme Court to blow ...

A protest disrupted a church service in St. Paul, Minnesota, in January. In the weeks that followed, protesters and journalists involved in the incident were arrested. The case highlights the tensions ...