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.
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…
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Newsrooms across the country are facing a growing wave of legal attacks aimed at silencing investigative reporting about powerful people…
When Adam Marshall joined the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press in 2014, the organization was the epitome of…
The Colorado Supreme Court held this month that The Sentinel Colorado is a “citizen” under the state’s Open Meetings Law,…
The first step to solving a problem is admitting you have one. In his new book Terms of Respect: How Colleges…
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Local Legal Initiative Attorneys Paul McAdoo and Beth Soja and legal fellow Allyson…
This essay was originally published in The Dispatch on Oct. 28, 2025.Since Charlie Kirk’s murder, the Trump administration has launched…
This prepared statement was delivered before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Oct. 29, 2025.Chairman Cruz,…