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.
On Wednesday, FBI agents executed a search warrant at the home of a Washington Post reporter as part of an…
This essay was originally published in The Dispatch on Jan. 9, 2026.Accounts differ, but sometime between late November and the…
In January, Tanvi Valsangikar joined the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press as its inaugural Abrams Legal Fellow, a…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the Pentagon is moving to dock Senator Mark Kelly’s captain rank and retirement pension after Kelly…
Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson has a choice: Drop readings related to race and gender — including ones by…
Sourcing is one of the most foundational skills any journalist learns. But at Morgan State University, the student press is…
This op-ed originally appeared in The Dispatch on Dec. 30, 2025.2025 was the worst year for campus censorship in decades,…
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On college campuses across the country, students and administrators are debating bans on Fizz, a mobile app that lets users within a particular community…
On January 7, 2017, The Associated Press announced that “Free-thinking author and columnist Nat Hentoff is dead at 91.”For well…
Universities can’t encourage professors to wade into controversial subjects, then punish professors for disagreeing with the administrationCourt: “Student discomfort with…
A Colorado town has agreed to settle a First Amendment dispute with a local newspaper after an attorney from the…