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‘Full-throated assault on the First Amendment’: Judge rips into Trump over attempts to deport pro-Palestinian academics

A federal judge on Tuesday delivered an extraordinary 161-page rebuke of President Donald Trump, ruling that the administration impermissibly chilled the protected political speech of university ...
The Baltimore Sun

From Adams to Trump: Presidents push the boundaries of the First Amendment

WASHINGTON — American presidents have long tested the bounds of First Amendment protections. From John Adams enforcing the Sedition Act that criminalized critical speech, to Woodrow Wilson suppressing ...

First Amendment fights over AI, campus speech loom in 2026

First Amendment experts expect major developments in issues like age verification, artificial intelligence and academic freedom in 2026.
Houston Public Media

The First Amendment may not always mean what you think it means

The First Amendment of the Bill of Rights establishes rights to speech, religion, press, and assembly. Monday night in Austin and Dallas, police broke up protests in the streets over the federal ...
Ars Technica

First Amendment doesn’t just protect human speech, chatbot maker argues

Pushing to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that its chatbots caused a teen’s suicide, Character Technologies is arguing that chatbot outputs should be considered “pure speech” deserving of the highest ...