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 the wake of the police killing of George Floyd in 2020, lawmakers across the country responded by passing laws…
A judge has ordered the city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to release all police body-worn camera and dashboard camera footage capturing…
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Late last month, the student chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine at George Mason University posted a video on a…
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…