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.
An attorney from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press highlighted the Trump administration’s threats to press freedom while…
On Feb. 19, the University of Texas System’s Board of Regents approved new rules governing how faculty members can and cannot…
Jacob Roth is a third-year law student at Villanova University and a FIRE legal intern.Last May, New York Attorney General…
Peruse stories produced by high school student journalists for The Torch at Pine View School in Sarasota, Florida, and you’ll find articles…
We’ve said it before. We’ll say it again. Ending online anonymity is not some magical cure to “fix” whatever problems you…
A judge has ordered the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department to release body-worn camera footage that will shed more…
Last week, anti-Israel activist group Palestine Action won a victory in the courts as the High Court of Justice in London…
As immigration enforcement operations ramp up in Pennsylvania, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is urging a federal…
Texas Tech leaders have somehow convinced themselves that race and gender are not legitimate topics to discuss in a psychology…
On Monday, Late Show host Stephen Colbert said CBS refused to allow him to air his interview with Texas Democratic…
Sheridan Macy is a policy analyst at FIRE with a policy background in human rights as well as environmental and…