Cornell University’s rules for trustee elections include a startling provision: candidates are prohibited from campaigning. This isn’t a narrow restriction on certain campaign activities. It’s ...

Citizens United stands as a victory, not for corporate interests but for the fundamental principle that the remedy for speech with which we disagree ...

Root out regulations and practices that infringe on our First Amendment rights.

Voters face a critical decision that will significantly affect Mainers’ First Amendment right to free speech.

Oklahoma’s top education official seems to have forgotten a lesson taught in every civics class: our constitutional rights under the First Amendment.

A bill purporting to stop “foreign influence in elections” might sound like a good idea. But, as the saying goes, don’t judge a book ...

Protests on a range of sensitive issues have roiled college campuses across the nation this year, reigniting debates about the scope and limits of ...

A $92 million war chest and unclear regulations highlight the need for reform to protect political speech.

Freedom of speech and assembly are not only for the bold. Timid citizens also have a right to speak and assemble, without putting their ...

President Biden’s sudden and unprecedented withdrawal with just a few months remaining in the 2024 presidential race raises a host of issues. One key question is how ...

New amicus brief details how Arizona’s donor disclosure law runs afoul of the state constitution, violating Arizonans’ right to “freely speak, write, and publish”

Attorneys for the Institute for Free Speech file new suit to end disclosure of small donations made through online “conduits” like WinRed or ActBlue

Utah officials rewrote credential rules to exclude independent journalists following Schott’s critical coverage

Federal judge grants temporary restraining order in Moms for Liberty case after school board ignores Eleventh Circuit and persists in enforcing unconstitutional rules

Latest filing argues Question 1's limits “strike at the heart of the First Amendment”

On Wednesday, Governor DeWine signed the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act into law, protecting Ohioans from frivolous, speech-suppressing lawsuits

Ruling holds that the state cannot regulate a grassroots community group as a political action committee unless electoral advocacy is its primary purpose

After negotiations with the Institute for Free Speech, Maine will not enforce a 2024 ballot initiative to limit campaign contributions during ongoing litigation

A recently passed measure would restrict Mainers' fundamental First Amendment political speech rights, contradicting unanimous federal court precedent

Settlement protects journalists' First Amendment right to cover education officials

We’re Hiring! Senior Attorney – Institute for Free Speech – Washington, DC or Virtual Office The Institute for Free Speech is hiring a Senior Attorney with ...

In the News Washington Times: Lawsuit accuses Georgia school board of censoring moms at meetings By Sean Salai Two mothers have sued a Georgia school board ...

New from the Institute for Free Speech Forsyth County Schools Sued for Censorship at Board Meetings Concerned parents in Forsyth County want school officials ...

Congress People United for Privacy: PUFP Letter in Response to the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration’s July 19 hearing on “The DISCLOSE Act” ...

The Courts Washington Free Beacon: Court Overrules School District That Banned Father Who Exposed Obscene Library Books By Elizabeth Troutman A federal judge on Wednesday ...

In the News Epoch Times: Every Senate Dem but Sinema Backs Bill to Compromise First Amendment Freedom of Speech By Mark Tapscott First introduced in ...

In the News Bucks County Courier Times: Pennsbury settles free speech lawsuit. What it could mean to other districts By Peg Quann The impact of ...

In the News Insider: Ted Cruz: Democrats used to support free speech, but ‘unfortunately, that time has long since passed’ By Hanna Kang David Keating, ...

We’re Hiring! Senior Attorney – Institute for Free Speech – Washington, DC or Virtual Office The Institute for Free Speech is hiring a Senior Attorney with ...

In the News Philadelphia Inquirer: The Pennsbury School District will pay $300,000 to settle lawsuit over four men’s curtailed public comments By Maddie Hanna The ...