Constitution

There’s a version of this executive order that might have given free-speech advocates hope that the incoming administration would investigate “jawboning”—government pressure…

"I remain convinced that the statute authorizing the ban is an ill-advised and unconstitutional law that does lasting damage to the First Amendment rights of millions of Americans…

Marty Lederman, Asha Rangappa, and Xiangnong (George) Wang discuss how the Supreme Court balanced free speech rights and national security concerns in the TikTok case.

"If the Court were to accept the Solicitor General’s rationale ... the government would be free to force the removal of owners of any media outlet whose fealty it did not trust."

Meta's changes reflect the trend of deregulation, aligning with Zuckerberg's vision of prioritizing free expression over community safety.

Beginning a national security reform process is not just necessary, but urgently demanded to break inertia and launch a new dynamic.

Ensuring that any secret law-making in the executive branch gets disinfecting sunlight is uniquely important because of its potential to give legal cover for overbroad, unaccountable,…

OFAC’s reversal is a victory for free speech that ensures Americans can continue to engage with people and ideas from around the world.

An expert explainer by leading expert on the domestic deployment of the U.S. military.

"If the new administration goes through with this proposal whether by executive action or legislation, courts should and most likely would strike it down."

Bolot Temirov on the personal cost of the country's repression of media and civil society, as democracy gives way to authoritarianism.

The practical and political stakes of this admittedly esoteric question of constitutional law are high, implicating as it does the effectiveness of the United States’ engagement…