Law, Courts & Regulations
You can’t use the legal system to punish people for speech you don’t like. By Angel Eduardo (Last updated Jan. 16, 2025) Imagine you’re a history Ph.D. candidate who reported inaccuracies in a histori...
Ascannio / Shutterstock.com Earlier this month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit found that the law to ban TikTok in the United States did not violate Americans’ First Amendment rights. ...
Colin joined FIRE after over 10 years of legal experience in government, private practice, and a public interest nonprofit. Colin spent much of his career as an assistant attorney in the U.S. Attorney...
Despite Governor Kathy Hochul’s assurances , the New York City subway system remains in crisis. Following a string of high-profile crimes, stabbings, and killings, yet another violent offender is on t...
Image created using Midjourney Holiday display featuring a Nativity scene and the horned demon-god Baphomet, as created by artificial intelligence. It’s the holiday season, when the lights are blinkin...
Rep. Greg Murphy's Campus Free Speech Roundtable on Capitol Hill on Dec. 11, 2024. What is the state of free speech on college campuses? More students now support shouting down speakers. Several insti...
For a number of faculty members, the threat of censorship is so pervasive on campuses across America that not even the cloak of anonymity is enough to make them feel safe expressing their ideas. This ...
Soros and Clinton are known for their myriad scandals and connections to left-wing causes. President Joe Biden will bestow the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, upon ...
Search all Cases Concord allows unattended temporary displays on City Plaza. The Satanic Temple’s display was approved, but city officials have voiced their opposition to the approval and expressed th...
Shutterstock.com Today, FIRE filed an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief in support of TikTok’s emergency application for an injunction pending review of a law that would force it to shut dow...
“The left loves to talk about intersectionality. Well talk about the intersectionality of violence and threats to our society that come from the pro-Palestinian movement.” One of the most common phras...
This is a dangerous two weeks—a very dangerous two weeks. Biden’s not done yet, and we have no idea what’s coming next. 2025 starts with two terror attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas, reminding us o...
“So many people at all levels of power in the UK need to be in prison for this.” The United Kingdom has been rocked over the last couple of decades by a series of “grooming gang” scandals that came to...
Not only it is objectively not true that the generation raised on Saved by The Bell did not produce quality programmers, but Ramaswamy’s argument is likely handicapped by selection bias. A very strang...
At the end of an eventful year at the Supreme Court that included a ruling giving former President Donald Trump broad immunity from criminal prosecution for his conduct while in office, reporting that...
While he didn’t threaten to use nukes, like Eric Swalwell once did, the military imagery and war-like rhetoric were no mistake. It’s a continuation of the type of rhetoric that almost got Brett Kavana...
“Congress has paid out more than $17.2 million over the last 20 years to cover 268 settlements on Capitol Hill, according to the Office of Compliance.” Two days before Christmas, the House Ethics Comm...
“Carter’s true legacy is one of economic misery at home and embarrassment on the world stage.” After losing reelection, Carter worked “against the United States and its allies in a manner that could f...
“Biden has also said he should have picked someone other than Merrick Garland as attorney general, complaining about the Justice Department’s slowness under Garland in prosecuting Trump…” It’s fascina...
Willis faces allegations of wrongdoing while investigating and prosecuting Donald Trump and others for allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 election in Fulton County. Fulton County Superior Court Jud...