First Amendment

In an opinion that could call into question the constitutionality of open meetings laws everywhere, a federal appellate court held Monday…

Two troubling reports of interference with student journalism surfaced last week from opposite sides of the country: Two campus police officers at…

The U.S. Supreme Court today heard oral arguments in Citizens United v. FEC, a case that may decide whether the…

Nat Hentoff, the columnist who was laid off last week from his 50-year post at the Village Voice, wrote exhaustively on civil liberties…

A New York City man has pleaded guilty to helping terrorists by enabling satellite access to Hezbollah-run television, The New…

A Maryland appeals court heard oral arguments Monday over the outing of anonymous Web writers responsible for posting online allegedly defamatory…

A federal court yesterday ordered the release of search records related to the 2001 “Amerithrax” investigations, recognizing for the first…

Tough day for Virginia's anti-spam law: The state supreme court on Friday declared it "unconstitutionally overbroad" in restricting not just commercial…

A former Air America radio host was exercising her First Amendment rights when she assailed military contractor CACI International on…

A federal district court judge in Pennsylvania who agreed to seat an anonymous jury in a corruption trial was wrong…