As students return to colleges across the United States, administrators are bracing for a resurgence in activism against the war in Gaza, and some schools are adopting rules to limit the kind of protests that swept campuses last spring.firstamendmentwatch.org/us-colleges-re…

The American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon is suing the city of Medford, saying its police department has been unlawfully monitoring progressive political activists who aren’t suspected of criminal activity. firstamendmentwatch.org/lawsuit-accuse…

More than 2,000 pro-Palestinian protesters marched Wednesday past a park where pro-Israel demonstrators had gathered earlier and toward the arena hosting the third night of the Democratic National Convention. firstamendmentwatch.org/crowds-of-pro-…

.@thefireorg and New York University's First Amendment Watch co-host National Constitution Center 2024 First Amendment Summit, which convenes leading thinkers for a vigorous discussion of the state of free speech across America and around the world. constitutioncenter.org/calendar/2024-…

A Pennsylvania school district violated a teacher’s constitutional rights by falsely suggesting he took part in the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, a federal jury has concluded. firstamendmentwatch.org/jury-sides-wit…

A woman is suing the North Carolina elections board over state laws that ban most photography in polling places after she took a selfie with her ballot in March.firstamendmentwatch.org/she-took-a-bal…

Citing free speech rights, a federal judge has temporarily blocked New York’s attorney general from taking enforcement action against certain pregnancy counseling centers for promoting what critics say is an unproven method to reverse medication abortions. firstamendmentwatch.org/new-york-tempo…

A hearing on whether to dismiss charges against Republicans accused of scheming to overturn the outcome of the 2020 presidential race in Arizona will stretch into a second day Tuesday.firstamendmentwatch.org/hearing-over-w…

"I’ve never seen something so blatant," said Richard Roth, an attorney representing Fiona Harvey in her defamation lawsuit against Netflix's "Baby Reindeer." Read the full interview: firstamendmentwatch.org/newsmaker-inte…

U.S. security officials acted more swiftly to name the culprit of a security hack this year, detailing their findings and blaming a foreign adversary — this time, Iran — just over a week after Trump’s campaign revealed the attack. firstamendmentwatch.org/how-lessons-le…

Attorneys representing Republicans accused of scheming to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential race in Arizona argued Tuesday that prosecutors were politically motivated in seeking a grand jury indictment against their clients.firstamendmentwatch.org/defense-attorn…

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey launched a $1 million taxpayer-funded initiative in June designed to discourage people from seeking help from “crisis pregnancy centers” that are typically religiously affiliated and counsel clients against having abortions.firstamendmentwatch.org/crisis-pregnan…

A hearing on whether to dismiss charges against those accused of plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential race in Arizona concluded Wednesday with prosecutors insisting their case is not politically motivated. firstamendmentwatch.org/prosecutors-in…

A federal appeals court revived Sarah Palin’s libel case against The New York Times on Wednesday, citing errors by a lower court judge, particularly his decision to dismiss the lawsuit while a jury was deliberating.firstamendmentwatch.org/court-revives-…

A federal judge has blocked a new law banning foreign nationals and green card holders from contributing to state ballot campaigns in Ohio on the grounds that it curtails constitutionally protected free speech rights.firstamendmentwatch.org/judge-blocks-o…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is suing the North Carolina State Board of Elections in a last-ditch attempt to get his name removed the state’s ballot ahead of the 2024 presidential election. firstamendmentwatch.org/rfk-jr-sues-no…

FIRE attorney Josh Bleisch explained the First Amendment concerns with removal from the Capitol gallery and discussed how the vagueness of the rule can lead to viewpoint discriminatory enforcement. firstamendmentwatch.org/newsmaker-inte…

A former Maryland resident was sentenced on Tuesday to more than one year behind bars for making thousands of threatening and harassing telephone calls to dozens of congressional offices across the country, court records show.firstamendmentwatch.org/man-sentenced-…

A federal judge says New Mexico election regulators and prosecutors discriminated against a Republican-backed group in refusing access to voter registration rolls.firstamendmentwatch.org/federal-judge-…

The Biden administration seized Kremlin-run websites and charged two Russian state media employees in its most sweeping effort yet to push back against what it says are Russian attempts to spread disinformation ahead of the November presidential election.firstamendmentwatch.org/with-charges-a…