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Speech and Press Clause

Can politicians block negative comments on their social media accounts?

by Scott Bomboy

The surging popularity of social media is testing one of the most basic constitutional rights: the public’s ability to criticize…

Can politicians block negative comments on their social media accounts?
Is high school student speech protected on social media?

by Scott Bomboy

In the wake of last week’s National Walkout Day, students involved in sanctioned and unsanctioned demonstrations are voicing…

Is high school student speech protected on social media?
Public school student free speech: A primer

by Scott Bomboy

Organized protests this week at public secondary and high schools related to the Parkland shooting have raised several…

Public school student free speech: A primer
The campus and the Vietnam War: protest and tragedy

by Lyle Denniston

This is the third article in a Constitution Daily series on the constitutional legacy of the war in Vietnam, with each article…

The campus and the Vietnam War: protest and tragedy
The First Amendment and restricting professional athlete protests

by Scott Bomboy

The current debate over pro sports athletes’ symbolic protests in public arenas touches on some basic First Amendment…

The First Amendment and restricting professional athlete protests
The boundaries of free speech at public colleges

by Scott Bomboy

When and where can students and members of the public express their free-speech rights at public universities? These First…

The boundaries of free speech at public colleges
Three Supreme Court cases involving the Ku Klux Klan

by NCC Staff

Violent public demonstrations involving white supremacists and counter-protesters in Virginia last weekend are driving a lot of…

Three Supreme Court cases involving the Ku Klux Klan
Interactive Constitution: The meaning of free speech

by Geoffrey R. Stone and Eugene Volokh

In this essay from the National Constitution Center's Interactive Constitution project, Geoffrey R. Stone and Eugene Volokh…

Interactive Constitution: The meaning of free speech
West Virginia v. Barnette: The freedom to not pledge allegiance

by Symone Mazzotta

On June 14, 1943, the Supreme Court ruled that public school students cannot be forced to salute and pledge allegiance to the U.S.…

West Virginia v. Barnette: The freedom to not pledge allegiance
Can President Trump block people on Twitter?

by Nicandro Iannacci

One legal group says that's a violation of the First Amendment.

Can President Trump block people on Twitter?
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