Lemon, held in custody overnight, spoke to supporters in Los Angeles following his release and first court appearance.

Is begging protected by the First Amendment? Alabama says it isn't. But courts have said governments can't completely ban panhandling.

A federal judge ruled that the academics, who are party to a lawsuit alleging U.S. policy singles out noncitizens for detention or deportation over their pro-Palestinian activism on college campuses,

Jane Fonda announced she had launched a 21st-century incarnation of the Committee for the First Amendment​, originally formed in 1947.

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

Federal raids, deportation threats, and legal pressure reveal a strategy that weakens the First Amendment without repealing it. Alarm bells should be ringing. The post Don Lemon, WaPo, Ozturk: Trump’s War on the First Amendment Now Alarmingly Clear first appeared on Mediaite.

How societies tolerate dissent directed at the state is key to "distinguishing a free nation from a police state."

The founders simply wanted to prevent Congress and the federal government from establishing a national religion.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Illustration by Alberto Mier/CNN/Getty Images Within weeks of retaking the White House, President Donald Trump boasted that he had “brought free speech back to America.”