One local museum is giving people a unique way to learn about U.S. history and culture. The Guntersville Museum is showcasing ...

The First Amendment protects the freedoms of Speech, Religion, Press, Assembly, and Petition for Americans. Learn how it works and why it's important.

An Arizona law passed during the state's 2014 legislative session criminalizes the display, publication, and sale of images fully protected by the First Amendment. On September 23, 2014, the ACLU, the ...

Ten Commandments plus 1st Amendment could add up to a graven image January 17, 2014 In this Nov. 16, 2012, file photo, a Ten Commandments monument erected outside the Oklahoma state Capitol is ...

Paramount's settlement with Trump sends the message that news outlets should think twice before publishing reports that might ...

The First Amendment doesn’t shelter speech that is used to commit certain crimes, like extortion, blackmail, or fraud. It doesn’t protect obscenity or threats, as the law defines them.

On Tuesday, in Nieves v.Bartlett, a majority finally agreed on a standard for how probable cause affects a civil damages action for First Amendment retaliatory arrest under 42 U.S.C. § 1983: A ...

At the same time, some categories of speech have long been categorically excluded from the First Amendment’s protection. For example, the government isn’t prohibited from punishing someone for ...

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson raised concerns that the First Amendment may stand in the way of government censorship in unique times. In Monday’s oral arguments for Murthy v ...