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about Free Speech
Jul 30, 2024
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Slams Senate Passage of Kids Online Safety Act, Urges House to Protect Free Speech
WASHINGTON, DC – The Senate today passed the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), which would violate the First Amendment by enabling the federal government to dictate what information...
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Privacy & Technology
Jul 24, 2024
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and Students from Across the Country Urge Congress to Vote No on Kids Online Safety Act
The Senate plans to vote on this online censorship bill as soon as Thursday
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
LGBTQ Rights
Jul 11, 2024
In a Major Win for our Right to Protest, Federal Court Rules in Favor of Prominent Civil Rights Activist
The decision in Doe v. Mckesson affirms that the First Amendment protects protest leaders and organizers from being held liable for other people’s actions that they did not direct or intend
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
Court case: Doe v. Mckesson (Ford v. Mckesson)
Jul 11, 2024
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Releases Legal, Legislative, and Advocacy Roadmap to Fight Executive Power Abuses in a Second Trump Administration
As part of the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ’s 2024 election policy memo series, this roadmap dives into the surveillance, protest, and free speech abuses the U.S. could face if Trump wins and implements Project 2025 policies
Jul 03, 2024
Federal Court Rules Idaho Officials Will Not Enforce Abortion Censorship Law Against Public University Professors
BOISE, Idaho — The U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho denied a request by six Idaho professors and two teachers’ unions for a preliminary injunction against the stat...
Court case: Idaho Federation of Teachers v. Labrador
Jul 03, 2024
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Releases Legal, Legislative, and Advocacy Roadmap to Combat Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Threats Posed by a Second Trump Term
The analysis and roadmap continue ºìÐÓÊÓƵ’s 2024 election policy memo series exploring likely policies from a potential Trump or Biden second term.
Issue Areas:
Racial Justice
Free Speech
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News & CommentaryJun 2025
Free Speech
+3 Issues
Live Coverage: Final Scotus Decision Day. Explore News & Commentary.Live Coverage: Final SCOTUS Decision Day
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ has served as counsel or filed amicus briefs in more than half of the cases that the Supreme Court will decide today. -
News & CommentaryJun 2025
Free Speech
Read Detained Activist Mahmoud Khalil’s Letter To His Son. Explore News & Commentary.Read Detained Activist Mahmoud Khalil’s Letter to His Son
The Trump administration has detained Khalil since March for his activism. Ahead of his first Father’s Day, he writes about the grief he has felt being separated from his wife and son. -
VirginiaJun 2025
Free Speech
Immigrants' Rights
Suri V. Trump. Explore Case.Suri v. Trump
Whether someone with a valid visa within the U.S. can be arrested and detained on the basis of their protected political speech and familial associations. -
MassachusettsJun 2025
Free Speech
President And Fellows Of Harvard College V. Us Department Of Health And Human Services. Explore Case.President and Fellows of Harvard College v. US Department of Health and Human Services
The federal government threatened to withhold billions of dollars in research funding from Harvard University after the school refused to adopt the government’s preferred ideological approach to who it admits to study, who it employs to teach, and what classes and other programs it offers. The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, ºìÐÓÊÓƵ of Massachusetts, and a diverse group of other legal advocacy organizations filed an amicus brief arguing that this is retaliation, coercion, and ideological bullying in violation of the First Amendment.