In 1791, when Congressman James Madison was drafting the first 10 amendments to the Constitution — which would become known as the Bill of Rights — he insisted that the most prominent amendment among ...

Miami-Dade residents cast their ballots on the first day of early voting at Miami-Dade ... members—two of whom are incumbents ...

TALLAHASSEE — Supporters of a proposal that would enshrine abortion rights in the state Constitution on Monday asked a ...

In the politically charged atmosphere of Doral, voters are being asked not just to elect three out of five council members in the Nov. 5 election, but also to decide on several key amendments to ...

"The government cannot excuse its indirect censorship of political speech simply by declaring the disfavored speech is 'false ...

Concerns over the protection of the First Amendment in the upcoming election, and on campuses, are highlighted in the Freedom ...

The first 10 came right away in the Bill of Rights, two more prior to 1804 and three right after the Civil War. Only six amendments have been adopted in the past 100 years, and one of those was to ...

Richard N. Winfield, a leading U.S. First Amendment lawyer who represented The Associated Press for three decades and ...

A federal judge considers a First Amendment challenge to a new state-wide requirement that every public school classroom ...

The judge said the state could not threaten TV stations that aired ads supporting an abortion ballot measure as that was ...