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.
Recent protests in Iran have drawn renewed attention to dissent under the country’s authoritarian government. The demonstrations have been met…
Recent events in Minnesota — where anti-ICE protesters interrupted a service at Cities Church in St. Paul, targeted pastor David Easterwood…
A Pennsylvania judge has ordered state police to release body-worn camera footage capturing a car chase that ended in a…
A Tennessee judge has ordered the state to provide journalists expanded access to execution proceedings, finding that its restrictions on…
On Jan. 7, the House Oversight Committee approved a subpoena for Seth Harp, an investigative journalist and contributing editor at Rolling Stone, for…
This essay was originally published by UnHerd on Jan. 20, 2026.“This is freedom of speech. This is America, right?”Those were…
For more than 80 years, the law has been clear. The government can’t force public school children to stand and…
This video is making the rounds — and it’s one every American should see. View video WATCH VIDEO: No one…
The following statement can be attributed to FIRE’s Director of Public Advocacy Aaron Terr:The Department of Justice is reportedly investigating…
In an unprecedented move, FBI agents searched the home of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson on Wednesday and seized her…
Leslie Dunton-Downer has spent much of her career asking a deceptively simple question. How do ideas travel across time, languages,…
On Thursday, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of The New York…