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New campaign finance challenge seeks to expand First Amendment protection

by Maggie Baldridge

The 2002 McCain-Feingold Act limits "soft money" political spending. Is it a violation of free speech?

A Common Interpretation: Freedom of Speech and the Press

by Geoffrey R. Stone and Eugene Volokh

From our Interactive Constitution project, Geoffrey R. Stone from the University of Chicago Law School and Eugene Volokh from the…

Flag burning and the First Amendment: Yet another look at the two

by Scott Bomboy

President-elect Donald Trump's recent comments about prosecuting flag-burning protesters has started yet another debate about the…

A history of the flag-burning controversy

by Scott Bomboy

In the past week, there have been reports of public American flag burning in isolated protests about Tuesday’s presidential…

New report examines the state of free speech on university campuses

by Chris Calabrese

Is free speech under threat? Or is the concern overblown?

Can presidential candidates sue media outlets for defamation?

by Scott Bomboy

As the presidential campaign heads towards its conclusion, lawyers for at least one candidate have threatened a defamation lawsuit…

New government report explores tension between religious liberty and civil rights

by Maggie Baldridge

The country is divided, and so is the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

Supreme Court Preview: Religion and access to government programs

by Scott Bomboy

One of the more interesting cases upcoming at the Supreme Court involves the legacy of the controversial Blaine amendments, which…

Supreme Court steps into new health care dispute

by Lyle Denniston

The Supreme Court, acting with no sign of dissent, moved on Wednesday to interrupt at least temporarily a series of lower court…

Celebrity plural family case appeal filed with the Supreme Court

by Scott Bomboy

“Sister Wives” TV star Kody Brown is taking his case to Washington, as his attorneys have filed a last-ditch Supreme Court…

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