The First Amendment protects the right to protest, but this right does not extend to physical violence. Protests have occurred nationwide following the fatal shooting of two people by federal ...

With 9th Circuit ordering a trial in lawsuit against principal for allegedly punishing first-grader for giving classmate a drawing, appeals courts covering half the states now recognize First ...

There’s not much ambiguity in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. It reads: “Congress shall make no law respecting ...

Opinion: Each of the five protections of the First Amendment — the press, speech, assembly, petition and religion — is being undermined in today’s political climate.

The First Amendment is only 45 words long, yet 235 years of court battles have left Americans fiercely devoted to an idea ...

Free speech on university campuses is a perennially hot topic, perhaps most recently reflected in protests about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at places like Ball State University, Harvard, and ...

The First Amendment protects protesters, but Florida laws put limits for situations when tensions escalate. Here's what to know.

[1.] Some states and municipalities ban public nudity generally, but some, like Washington, ban only nudity that is "lascivious," which is to say involving some sexual motivation (to oversimplify ...

In the aftermath of last Sunday's storming of Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, a nonpartisan civil liberties group says that the First Amendment does not protect protesters who interrupt church ...

The First Amendment protects the right to protest – to an extent. Across the country, state governments including Florida's have passed laws that penalize those who escalate peaceful protests into ...