Unsealed records show the Trump administration targeted Khalil, Ozturk, and Mahdawi for lawful, protected speech — and knew a First Amendment fight was coming.
Faculty and students at Texas A&M push back against state-driven censorship as administrators meddle in courses on race, gender — even Plato — and academic freedom statewide.
Minnesota’s anti-ICE protests have become a First Amendment stress test — showing what speech is protected, what isn’t, and how power abuses blur in real time.
After Alex Pretti's death at the hands of Border Patrol, officials have rushed to brand him a terrorist. But the real danger here is not violent dissent. It’s hostility to the First Amendment.
Anti-ICE protesters say disrupting a Minnesota church was free speech. It wasn't. The First Amendment protects protest — not disrupting worship to the point it can't continue.
Texas AG Ken Paxton, inspired by Trump, is targeting antifa groups. But ideology isn’t a crime — and treating it like one turns law enforcement into thought police.
After public outcry, UMich ditched its private spy firm — but the damage is done. Students may no longer be watched, but the chill on campus speech is alive and well.
Khalil’s arrest is an affront to the First Amendment and the cherished American principle that the government may not punish people based on their opinions.
