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.
Imagine a fourth-grade classroom in which the teacher uses AI to generate a video of Ronald Reagan explaining his Cold…
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 13, 2025 — A new poll from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression finds that a record…
Over the past year, many Texas politicians and university leaders have pursued hamfisted and unconstitutional higher education reforms that too…
This Wednesday, the Texas A&M System Board of Regents will vote on whether to give university presidents sweeping veto power…
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Local Legal Initiative attorney Paul McAdoo is representing a Tennessee news media coalition…
“I had a sniper gun pointed at me while trying to defend a protest that followed school policy.” TAKE ACTIONThe student…
Even with the robust protections offered to us by the First Amendment and the decades of decisions made by our…
The First Amendment was born out of colonial attempts to silence the press with libel laws. Yet more than two centuries…
DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 6, 2025 — A federal district court today dismissed with prejudice a lawsuit against renowned Iowa pollster…
At a moment of political turmoil in American history, rife with violence, mass protest, and division, one university chose neutrality.In…
We tackle ten common arguments against free speech. FIRE President and CEO Greg Lukianoff and FIRE Senior Fellow and former…
When she was 10, Ella Spurlock spent her free time making little booklets for her grandparents — drawing and coloring…