While bipartisan agreement may be rare, it’s not surprising that it came in defense of the First Amendment – and a popular TV ...

As the United States faces increasing incidents of book banning and threats of governmental intervention – as seen in the temporary suspension of TV host Jimmy Kimmel – the common reflex for many who ...

The first ten amendments to the Constitution make up the Bill of Rights. To appease several states during the ratification process, James Madison wrote the amendments as a solution to limit government ...

The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States says, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting; the free exercise thereof; or abridging the ...

Imagine a protest outside the funeral of a popular political leader, with some of the protesters celebrating the death and holding signs that say things like “God Hates the USA/Thank God for 9/11,” ...

From protests and journalism to social media and campus speech, explore how the First Amendment safeguards everyone — including immigrants — and what it actually covers. The First Amendment is a ...

This review is part of a preview of the winter 2026 issue of Academe. The issue will be released in full in February.

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution is widely hailed as one of the most powerful pieces of legislation ever enacted, protecting core freedoms of speech, religion, press, assembly, ...

The lawsuit says the Pentagon's policy is "exactly the type of speech- and press-restrictive scheme" courts have ruled ...

Gov. Dunleavy’s opinion column published this past weekend in the ADN ( “A tribute to Charlie Kirk and the First Amendment“) praises the concept that free speech ensured by the First Amendment of the ...

Among our nation's "firsts" were the introduction of the separation of church and state and George Washington's proclamation for a "day of public thanksgiving and prayer." ...

On this day 160 years ago, the United States of America ratified the 13th Amendment of the Constitution, immortalizing a self-evident principle that ...