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A lawn sign in support of U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in Beverly Hills

Ohio Sheriff Deletes Online Post About Harris Yard Signs After Public Outcry

The sheriff's supporters called that reaction overblown, arguing he was making a political point about unrestrained immigration and exercising his right to free speech.

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Infowars founder Alex Jones takes the witness stand to testify

Judge To Approve Auctions Liquidating Alex Jones’ Infowars To Pay Families

Jones is appealing the civil jury verdicts, citing free speech and questioning whether the families proved a connection between his comments and the threats they received.

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A Little Free Library contains banned books in Houston

Texas County Told Appeals Court It Has Right To Cull Books on Sex, Gender, Racism

Library patrons filed suit in 2022 against numerous officials with the Llano County library system and the county government after 17 books were removed

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People protest in support of Palestinians in Gaza at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles

University of California Accused of Labor Violations Over Handling of Campus Protests

Faculty have been investigated for pro-Palestinian social media posts, arrested for exercising their free speech rights and were surveilled by university representatives, the state filing alleges.

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A Little Free Library contains banned books in Houston

As Banned Books Week Starts, Reports Show Challenges Both Up and Down

Challenges have surged to record highs over the past few years, and the 2024 totals so far still exceed the American Library Association's numbers before 2020.

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Pro-choice activists assemble in downtown Memphis during a "Stop Abortion Bans Day of Action" rally hosted by the Tennessee chapter of Planned Parenthood in Tennessee

Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Tennessee’s ‘Abortion Trafficking’ Law

Democratic Rep. Aftyn Behn called the Tennessee ruling a “monumental victory for free speech and the fight for abortion rights.

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Protests in support of Palestinians continue at Columbia University in New York

Pro-Palestinian Protester Wearing Keffiyeh Charged With Violating NY Face Mask Ban

The arrest and subsequent charges revived fears from opponents that the statute is being used to diminish free speech rights.

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A lawn sign in support of U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in Beverly Hills

Sheriff Condemned for Saying People With Harris Signs Should Have Addresses Recorded

The sheriff defended himself on social media, saying he was exercising his own right to free speech and that his comments “may have been a little misinterpreted??”

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