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First Amendment to the United States Constitution

Colleges Are Stuck Between Bad Options for Fighting Hateful Ideas

Conor Friedersdorf

January 26, 2026

A college campus

Jeff Bezos Needs to Speak Up

January 14, 2026

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The Third Red Scare

November 10, 2025

Donald Trump, Joseph McCarthy, Rümeysa Öztürk

A Warning for Those Ready to Capitulate to Trump

September 23, 2025

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The Attorney General’s Attack on Free Speech

Conor Friedersdorf

September 16, 2025

A color photo of Pam Bondi speaking in front of a large, vertical American flag.

Trump Just Made Burning the Flag a Little Easier

August 30, 2025

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The Dangerous Legal Strategy Coming for Our Books

Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell

August 20, 2025

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A New Era of Internet Regulation Is About to Begin

Alan Z. Rozenshtein

July 8, 2025

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Universities Deserve Special Standing

Lee C. Bollinger

May 3, 2025

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Americans Don’t Do This

Caitlin Flanagan

April 29, 2025

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Trump Is Deporting ‘Them’ in Ways That Threaten Us

Conor Friedersdorf

March 27, 2025

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Where Jeff Bezos Went Wrong With The Washington Post

March 3, 2025

A collage of cut-out strips of Jeff Bezos interspersed with the Washington Post building

Intimidating Americans Will Not Work

Adrienne LaFrance

February 19, 2025

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Government Workers Cannot Be Fired for Their Political Views

John Langford and Erica Newland

February 15, 2025

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The Difference Between TikTok and Free Expression

Allison Stanger

January 19, 2025

What If Free Speech Means Banning TikTok?

Alan Z. Rozenshtein

December 13, 2024

Gavel against a backdrop of TikTok imagery

Those Who Preach Free Speech Need to Practice It

April 30, 2024

A photo of student protesters facing off against riot police.

Trump Isn’t Bluffing

David A. Graham

January/February 2024 Issue

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The First Amendment Is No Defense for Trump’s Alleged Crimes

Alan Z. Rozenshtein

August 15, 2023

Donald Trump's silhouette with a speech bubble and height chart.

Making True Threats Is a Crime

April 12, 2023

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Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson Don’t Understand the First Amendment

December 3, 2022

Tucker Carlson next to the U.S. Capitol

The Most Consequential First Amendment Case This Term

December 2, 2022

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The First Amendment Is Stronger Than Johnny Depp

June 2, 2022

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The Man Who Wanted to Save the First Amendment by Inverting It

October 7, 2020

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Trump’s Grotesque Violation of the First Amendment

June 2, 2020

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Does the First Amendment Hold at the Border?

Conor Friedersdorf

November 23, 2019

Border Patrol agents at the San Ysidro border between Mexico and the U.S.

Bad Arguments for Limiting Speech

Conor Friedersdorf

October 31, 2019

A man with tape over his mouth.

Don’t Use These Free-Speech Arguments Ever Again

August 22, 2019

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Free Speech on Campus Is Doing Just Fine, Thank You

Lee C. Bollinger

June 12, 2019

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