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.
In 18th century America, news traveled slowly across the Atlantic. Newspapers reprinted secondhand reports, private letters, and unverified stories from…
Ronald Collins, a retired law professor and longtime First Amendment scholar, has joined FIRE’s Advisory Council.Collins most recently taught at…
Sallie James is an economist, former scholar, and director of development at the Cato Institute, longtime FIRE friend and donor…
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression is pleased to announce that Casey Mattox has joined our Board of Directors,…
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Committee to Protect Journalists, Freedom of the Press Foundation, and PEN America…
With an act designated as “non-crime,” you might reasonably expect the role for law enforcement to be quite limited. No…
In March, juries in California and New Mexico delivered seminal verdicts holding Meta and YouTube liable for failing to protect…
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A federal judge on Tuesday struck down key parts of President Trump’s executive order last year barring federal funding for…
FIRE’s Free Speech Dispatch covers new and continuing censorship trends and challenges around the world. Our goal is to help readers…
SAN DIEGO, April 1, 2026 — After intervention by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a California school district…
This article originally appeared in the Dallas Observer on March 9, 2026.On Feb. 16, students and faculty at the University…