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.
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A Nebraska school district censored a student newspaper over an anti-ICE cartoon. After FIRE objected, the district adopted a new…
When government officials threaten to sue and prosecute their constituents over speech, the public should get to see the evidence.Earlier…
The Freedom of Information Act is an invaluable tool for reporters to access public records from federal agencies. But government…
Douglass Mackey and Don Lemon likely agree on almost nothing. Mackey is the pseudonymous pro-Trump provocateur who, as “Ricky Vaughn,” built…
The conversations that are blooming around the death of Jason Arday are, in their broadest sense, not particularly new. Death is shocking,…
From 2000 through 2024, FIRE recorded 102 cases of politicians trying to silence faculty. That’s four cases a year on…
Free Speech Dispatch covers censorship trends and challenges around the world. If you want to know where free expression is under…
Max Friedman studies at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, where he has served as editor-in-chief…
The Reporters Committee is condemning both a Louisiana judge’s decision to eject the press and public from his courtroom and…
After Horry-Georgetown Technical College suspended student Leigha Lemoine in late 2024 for saying another person should be “blasted,” FIRE connected her…
President Mark Brown recently welcomed incoming classes to Tuskegee University by announcing a new campus dress code.The new code says students must arrive…