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The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky, a case concerning whether a Minnesota Election Day law violates a person’s First Amendment free speech rights. According to the law, voters near or…

The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia hosted a debate about the Supreme Court case Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. On the panel was an attorney…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, which concerns whether Colorado’s anti-discrimination law violated a baker’s First Amendment rights to…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument for Benisek v. Lamone, a case concerning political gerrymandering in Maryland. Republican voters were challenging the 2011 6th Congressional District…

Authors Lucas Morel (Lincoln and Liberty), David Von Drehle (Rise to Greatness), and Lee Wilkins (Media Ethics) talked about the historical and current attacks on the First Amendment.…

The University of Missouri Schools of Journalism and Law hosted an event in Washington, DC focusing on the First Amendment in the digital age. In the first session, attendees heard from media law…

Floyd Abrams and Theodore Olon talked about the Supreme Court’s 1971 decision in New York Times v. United States. The case concerns the New York Times and Washington Post's successful challenge to the…

Nadine Strossen talked about her book, Hate: Why We Should Resist It with Free Speech, Not Censorship, which examines the line between hate speech and free speech.

Princeton professor Keith Whittington discussed free speech on college campuses.

Mary Beth Tinker and Erik Jaffe talked about Tinker v. Des Moines, the 1969 Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled 7-2 that students do not lose their First Amendment rights at school.…

In this portion of tapes recorded during his time in the White House, President Nixon discussed the Supreme Court’s decision in the 1971 New York Times Co. v. U.S. case with FBI Director J.…

In this portion of tapes recorded during his time in the White House, President Nixon told FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover that he wanted federal law enforcers to target Daniel Ellsberg, the man…

In this portion of tapes recorded during his time in the White House, President Nixon discussed the publishing of the Pentagon Papers by the New York Times with some of his advisers.

Former New York Times reporter Hedrick Smith talked about his weeks sifting through the thousands of documents that make up the Pentagon Papers, a top secret history of the Vietnam War…

Telephone lines and social media were open for viewer comments on the question "Are you concerned about the freedom of the press.

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) v. Becerra, a case concerning California’s abortion disclosure law and free speech. Under the Reproductive Freedom,…

The Newseum hosted a discussion on students' First Amendment rights. Mary Beth Tinker was one of the featured speakers and talked to students about the importance of speaking out peacefully for a…

Constitutional scholars Katie Fallow and Nadine Stossen talked about the 1969 landmark Supreme Court decision in Brandenburg v. Ohio. In the case the justices overturned the hate speech…

John Tinker, co-petitioner in the landmark Supreme Court case Tinker v. Des Moines, talked about the case’s legacy and what it meant for his life.

John Tinker, co-petitioner in the landmark Supreme Court case Tinker v. Des Moines, discussed the harassment his family received after he and his siblings wore black arm bands to school…