The Cornell Review

Reunion Panel Examined First Amendment and Academic Freedom

Clockwise from top left, Robert Platt, Joanne Florino, Connor Murnane, and Randy Wayne. On June 2, the Cornell Law School and ...

First Amendment in flux: When free speech protections came up against the Red Scare

In 1953, the physicist Albert Einstein became instrumental in revitalizing the force of the First Amendment as a rhetorical and legal tactic in the congressional hearings. Having fled Germany after ...
The Indianapolis Star

Opinion: US diplomacy’s valuable role promoting press freedom threatened

World Press Freedom Day, observed on May 3, honors this UN universal human right. Printed in this newspaper's Opinion pages is “The First Amendment” spelling out the basic freedoms enshrined in the ...
Concord Monitor

Your right to know: What the First Amendment really says about freedom of the press

This story is part of Know Your News — a Granite State News Collaborative and NENPA Press Freedom Committee initiative on why the First Amendment, press freedom and local news matter. The U.S. and New ...
Poynter

Concerned about press freedom? Here are some things you can do about it.

Freedom of the press in the United States is legally protected by the First Amendment, which famously declares: “Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” Nearly ...
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Freedom of Speech Actually Does Have Limits that are Not Protected by the First Amendment

After the Constitution was ratified in June of 1788, George Washington and James Madison urged the members of Congress to support the addition of the Bill of Rights, inspired by the notion that ...
Poynter

Most Americans can’t name their First Amendment rights. A new course wants to change that.

Americans can now take over a dozen free, online courses hosted by Arizona State University to learn more about their First Amendment rights, thanks to a new partnership between two nonprofits. The ...