Freedom IndexLegal & Courts
Legal & Courts tracks major cases, rulings, and legislative battles impacting freedom of speech and digital rights. Covering court decisions, lawsuits, and evolving laws, this category provides insights into the legal frameworks shaping expression and censorship around the world.
Many of the free speech fights today rest on the question: How do we protect kids online? But some of…
As First Amendment lawyers, we get asked that quite a bit, sometimes about our clients. The answer is not too…
The University of Chicago takes the top spot, while Texas State University, the University of Washington, and New York University…
Jim Watt had become a familiar face at Florida wildlife meetings. A retired turtle farmer, he was often there to…
Right in its student handbook, Whitman College specifically promises every student freedom of expression and association. So, when members of the…
Reporters Committee attorneys are representing independent journalist Jackie Botts in a new Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking access to…
Last week, Polk State College proudly announced that its Board of Trustees had adopted a statement committing the school to institutional…
Payment comes after federal appeals court held university violated Prof. Stuart Reges’s academic freedom rightsSettlement includes guarantee of no further…
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Free Speech Dispatch covers censorship trends and challenges around the world. If you want to know where free expression is under…
In the United States, campus speakers, online expression, blockbuster movies, and printed books are all, of course, protected by the…
FIRE challenged the two statutes the administration weaponized to try and deport Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa ÖztürkDecision is the first…