During the oral argument before the Supreme Court in the famous Pentagon Papers case, a fascinating colloquy took place between Justice William O. Douglas and the lawyer for the government. The case ...

Obscene Speech is speech that appeals to prurient interests, depicts sexual conduct in a patently offensive way, and lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. Subversive Speech ...

Whatever the government takes and whatever it negates, it may not abridge the freedom of speech, directly or indirectly.

First Amendment experts expect major developments in issues like age verification, artificial intelligence and academic ...

Should freedom of speech be an important issue for evangelicals? Guilherme De Carvalho: Freedom of speech is an absolute priority. It is necessary for the free preaching of the gospel. But the fact is ...

It is incumbent on all people living in the West to contribute in defending the liberties and freedoms that previous generations fought hard to garner (see my earlier Psychology Today blog post Be ...

“I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” — Voltaire (1694-1778) Holy Week was not a good week for personal liberty, as governments across the ...

W e expect a great deal of criticism of our new book, It’s Not Free Speech: Race, Democracy, and the Future of Academic Freedom, but we were taken aback by Jeffrey Aaron Snyder’s misconstrual of its ...

For Ukraine's media environment, 2026 is set to be an intense year — no less demanding than 2025. In December, the president ...

The quote was in relation to flag burning, specifically, which is a constitutionally protected right. (A right that the Trump administration continually pokes at, as evidenced by his August executive ...