How Anthony Comstock became America’s most powerful censor

Anthony Comstock turned Victorian panic into federal censorship, criminalizing “obscene” speech and policing American morality. This is his story.

Deep dive into New York’s proposals to ban demonstrations near houses of worship

Core among the rights protected by the First Amendment is the right to demonstrate.

FIRE to the University of Idaho: Defend faculty’s First Amendment right to discuss abortion, contraception

FIRE wrote to the University of Idaho urging support for faculty who do not maintain neutrality when discussing abortion in the classroom.

FIRE demands University of Idaho retract policy limiting faculty speech on abortion

Today, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression sent a letter to U of I officials warning that the university’s new policy regulating faculty speech about abortion is unconstitutional.

Free speech group launches six-figure billboard campaign: 'Speech about abortion is free speech'

Students sue college president who invented rules to ban conservative flyers

‘So to Speak’ podcast: That Facebook post about abortion could land you in jail

UNC Chapel Hill student government commits to follow First Amendment after suggesting it wouldn’t fund pro-life student groups

New book by Bollinger and Stone on social media and free speech — FAN 348

That Facebook post about abortion could land you in jail — if South Carolina legislators have their way

Legislators in South Carolina wasted no time introducing a bill that would make it a felony to “knowingly or intentionally aid, abet, or conspire” with another person to obtain an abortion.