Stewart speaks to guests after receiving his award at the 75th Annual Peabody Awards in New York

Former Denver Elections Worker’s Lawsuit Says She Was Fired for Speaking Out About Threats

She filed a federal lawsuit Monday, alleging election officials wanted to silence her and violated her First Amendment rights.

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Watch the 2024 National First Amendment Summit

The National Constitution Center’s 2024 First Amendment Summit convened America’s leading thinkers for a vigorous discussion of the state of free speech in America and around the globe.

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Judge Continues to Block Florida Officials From Threatening Stations Over Abortion Ads

An attorney argued that robust free speech protections are vital for a functioning democracy, especially in matters involving difficult moral and religious issues like abortion.

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Harvard Suspends Library Privileges for Faculty Involved in ‘Study-In’ Protests

The practice involves protesters silently reading materials related to free speech while propping up signs about dissent and university policy.

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Protests continue at Columbia University in New York during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas

GW Law Professor Catherine Ross on Campus Speech and Free Expression

Ross weighs the pros and cons of institutional neutrality and stresses the importance of having well-crafted rules in place before demonstrations begin.

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James Madison
[The] right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon, which has ever been justly deemed the only effectual guardian of every other right.”
-James Madison, Report on the Virginia Resolutions, 1800
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