1st Amendment

A recent clarification could help former government employees who once held security clearances publicly write and speak more freely.

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."

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

U.S. democracy appears so strong as to be unbreakable. But the billionaire class is its weakest point: small, concentrated, and all too often uninterested in following the rules…

The ODNI's prepublication review directive improves several important aspects of the system, but fails to make certain critical changes.

The TikTok ban is a reincarnation of past reactionary efforts to limit Americans from accessing media from abroad.

Since political violence is already criminalized under other state and federal laws, state domestic terrorism laws are arguably unnecessary. These laws create serious, and often…

Intelligence Community Directive 711 contains modest improvements, but is a missed opportunity provide uniform standards across agencies.

Department of Justice set to release declassified Standard Operating Procedure for coordinating with social media platforms on foreign malign influence and First Amendment.