Colorado officials kicked Jeff Hunt out of the Senate gallery for wearing a sweatshirt that read “Pro-Life U.” Now, FIRE demands the sergeants-at-arms allow Coloradans to silently express their opinions by wearing pins or clothing in the Capitol’s legislative galleries — or face

Looks like after the anti–cancel culture warriors got their pitchforks out & targeted this random guy, he not only lost his job, but his family/friends were threatened with violence & the fire dept received a bomb threat. If you're celebrating this as a win, rethink some things.

VICTORY: Colorado officials kicked Jeff Hunt out of the Senate gallery for wearing a Pro-Life U sweatshirt because it was a “political statement.” Thanks to FIRE’s advocacy, state House and Senate leadership have rescinded the ban on “political” apparel in the Capitol galleries.

LAWSUIT: With FIRE’s help, an Arizona mom is suing the City of Surprise, AZ., after the mayor ordered her arrest for questioning a pay raise for a city official. In America, the last thing citizens should fear when they attend public meetings is leaving in handcuffs.

When it's $2 bus fare evasion, local news runs stories saying illegal behavior is "out of control" When it's Lexus drivers blocking hundreds of thousands of working class DMVers from getting to work on time, local news runs stories saying enforcement is "out of control" 🤔🚩

VICTORY: The United States Supreme Court throws out the Fifth Circuit’s decision dismissing citizen journalist Priscilla Villarreal’s lawsuit and sends it back for review. This has major implications for Americans’ First Amendment rights.

Fact check: reporting the publicly-available names DOGE "employees" who are helping you access sensitive government information as a non-government employee is absolutely, 1000%, indisputably not a crime.

STATEMENT: The city of Clarksdale, Mississippi, thinks it knows better than the Founders. Clarksdale asked a court to order a local newspaper to remove an editorial asking why the city was not being more transparent about a proposed tax increase. As a result of the city’s

After getting a court order forcing the Clarksdale Press Register to take down an editorial criticizing city officials, Clarksdale, MS, voted on Monday to drop its lawsuit against the paper. This comes after FIRE called attention to the shockingly unconstitutional act.

"Politicians are allowed to criticize the press — that is free speech, too, and there is nothing new about it — but there is a difference between using language and using muscle." That's right. And this The New York Times editorial is timely and important. nytimes.com/2025/02/28/opi…

BREAKING: FIRE sues on behalf of a student group to block an unconstitutional ban on drag shows across the Texas A&M system. The Board of Regents says drag “promotes gender ideology” contrary to its “values,” but public university officials cannot dictate students’ ideologies.

VICTORY! The 9th Circuit ruled in favor of FIRE client Lars Jensen, a math professor unconstitutionally punished for criticizing what he believed was his college’s decision to water down its math standards. This decision is a significant victory for faculty free speech rights.🧵

BREAKING: Joined by a coalition of civil liberties groups, FIRE filed a friend of the court brief today rebuking the U.S. government for detaining Mahmoud Khalil for his free speech. Jailing people for their political expression betrays America’s commitment to free speech.

Me in TheHillOpinion: The Supreme Court made your rights harder to defend — Congress must now step up thehill.com/opinion/528902…

Within a matter of sentences, DHS manages to deny the allegations and then...outright admit to them.

So proud of my friends and former colleagues at FIRE. A righteous fight.

Did Indiana University censor a student publication for reporting on the university's poor ranking in FIRE's free speech rankings? If so, do administrators see the irony? And the fact that this can only hurt their ranking next year?

After Indiana University stationed military-grade snipers on a rooftop at an encampment last year, FIRE didn’t think the state of free speech on their campus could get worse. Turns out rock bottom has a basement. Now, we need your help.

VICTORY! The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today delivered a decisive victory for the First Amendment rights of public university faculty in Reges v. Cauce. Reversing a federal district court’s opinion, the Ninth Circuit held University of Washington officials

The First Amendment protects our right to film law enforcement. Officers are public servants paid by our taxes to uphold the law. When the exercise of First Amendment rights results in detention, let alone execution, officers have violated the law. These are evil, lawless days.