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.
Kris Cundiff, an attorney from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, is representing the Indiana Daily Student’s editors-in-chief…
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 20, 2025 — A former doctoral conducting student at the Eastman School of Music who was silenced after…
Last week, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Chiles v. Salazar, a First Amendment challenge to Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy”…
Last week, authorities in England banned fans of Israeli soccer team Maccabi Tel Aviv from attending the team’s November 6 match…
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press raised more than $2 million to support its mission to provide free…
TAKE ACTIONOn Oct. 14, Indiana University abruptly fired Director of Student Media Jim Rodenbush after he refused to enforce unconstitutional content…
On October 14, Indiana University abruptly fired Director of Student Media Jim Rodenbush after he refused to enforce unconstitutional content restrictions…
FIRE Senior Scholar Sarah McLaughlin discusses her new book, “Authoritarians in the Academy: How the Internationalization of Higher Education and…
Journalists from FOX News, ABC, and over a dozen other news organizations are refusing to sign the Pentagon’s new policy…
AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 14, 2025 — A federal judge today issued a preliminary injunction blocking the University of Texas System…
After the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, universities faced a dilemma that has become grimly familiar in the age…
This week, FIRE wrote to California Governor Gavin Newsom, urging him to veto SB 771, a bill that would allow users…