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.
President Mark Brown recently welcomed incoming classes to Tuskegee University by announcing a new campus dress code.The new code says students must arrive…
As Public Opposition to Flock Grows, ACLU Responds to Surveillance Company’s “New” Updates NEW YORK – Amid nationwide outcry against…
The implosion of the magnificent tales of Jason Arday, a professor who recently resigned from the University of Cambridge, is currently…
The Reporters Committee, joined by 45 news and media organizations, is urging a federal court in Minnesota to throw out…
When people question whether women should serve in ground combat roles, my first question is: What are they afraid of?…
Willa Mack studies politics at Princeton University. The Pentagon has declared war on its press pool. Although it may adopt certain…
Last year, New Hampshire Bulletin reporter William Skipworth published a three-part investigation that revealed systemic failures and abuse, neglect, and…
Nonprofit news outlet Blue Surveillance, with free legal support from a Reporters Committee attorney, recently obtained police body-worn camera footage…
Late last year, the United Kingdom, France, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia and dozens more nations signed the United Nations Convention Against…
Elizabeth Maguire is a rising senior at the University of Florida.Less than 100 days before its 2026 commencement, New York…
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PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 11, 2026 — They may not agree on much, but Americans who identify as “very liberal” or “very…