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about Free Speech
Jan 10, 2024
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Statement in Support of Additional Funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program
The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ thanks Representatives Yvette Clarke and Brian Fitzpatrick, as well as Senators Peter Welch and J.D. Vance, for introducing the bipartisan and bi...
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Free Speech
Jan 09, 2024
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ to Defend NRA Before Supreme Court, to Uphold Advocacy Groups’ Right to Free Speech
The case will determine whether the First Amendment allows government regulators to threaten retaliation against businesses that work with a controversial advocacy organization.
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Free Speech
Court case: National Rifle Association v. Vullo
Jan 02, 2024
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ, Free Press, and First Amendment Rights Orgs Urge Courts to Unseal Documents Related to FBI Raid on Journalist
Lack of transparency on how Tim Burke’s newsgathering allegedly violated computer crime laws has a chilling effect on journalism
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Free Speech
Dec 18, 2023
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Urges the Supreme Court Not to Make it Harder to Bring Retaliatory Arrest Cases
WASHINGTON – The ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and partners today filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging the Supreme Court to protect our right to engage in constitutionally-p...
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Free Speech
Court case: Gonzalez v. Trevino
Dec 12, 2023
Lawsuit Challenges D.C. Transit Authority for Violating the First Amendment
Complaint alleges that WMATA unlawfully rejected controversial ads
Issue Areas:
Free Speech
LGBTQ Rights
Dec 05, 2023
ºìÐÓÊÓƵ and RCFP Urge Supreme Court to Block Two State Laws that Would Allow the Government to Regulate Editorial Discretion on Social Media
Private platforms’ decisions about what speech to host, publish, and distribute on the internet are protected by the First Amendment and cannot be mandated by the government.
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Free Speech
Privacy & Technology
Court case: NetChoice, LLC. v. Paxton
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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.