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One in four college faculty members says they are very or extremely likely to self-censor in academic publications, and over one in three do so during interviews or lectures, according to a survey sponsored by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE). This means that self-censorship among college faculty is far more prevalent than it was during the McCarthy era.

The left-wing American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is set to argue before the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) that encouraging illegal aliens to remain in the U.S. is “plainly protected” by the First Amendment of the Constitution. 

James Lawrence, a lawyer representing Douglass Mackey, said the ACLU is “nowhere to be found” regarding the DOJ’s prosection of his client.

More than 40 Congressional Republicans sent a letter to Smithsonian Institute’s Secretary Lonnie Bunch on Tuesday, demanding to know why Smithsonian National Air Space Museum (NASM) staff allegedly kicked out students for wearing pro-life hats.

The United States will soon implement laws against so-called hate speech, a top Eurocrat claimed at the World Economic Forum.

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) violated the First Amendment and, arguably, his oath to uphold the Constitution in 2020 when his office demanded that Twitter suspend the account of Paul Sperry, an investigative journalist.

On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The ReidOut,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) responded to a question on what he will do to make sure there are penalties for disinformation about elections by claiming that “There’s no guarantee to free speech

Christian doctors are standing against a law that requires them to facilitate suicide in ways that violate their religious convictions.

A Christian healthcare worker is suing the VA over new federal rule she says would require her to participate in abortions.

Former President Donald J. Trump unveiled a free-speech policy platform on Thursday to “shatter the left-wing censorship regime and reclaim the right to free speech for all Americans.”

Former Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) speculated on Tuesday’s episode of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with special guest host Monica Crowley that the Department of Justice (DOJ) and its subsidiary Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are “running assets” within Big Tech companies like Apple, Google, Facebook, and Twitter to surveil Americans and design political censorship protocols.

On Monday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) stated that he’s surprised he has “gotten so much criticism from the left” for his position on Twitter censorship because accounts on the left have run into censorship issues without transparency,

A federal appeals court has permanently blocked the Biden administration’s mandate on doctors and hospitals forcing them to perform gender transition procedures against their conscience.

Whether the government can force web designers to create websites celebrating gay marriage was the issue Tuesday at the Supreme Court, in the latest clash between free speech rights on one hand and a Colorado law forbidding LGBT discrimination on the other.

Faith advocates warned of a potential point of no return, stating that First Amendment protections of religious freedom are “now at risk.”

Gorsuch cited the treatment of Colorado cake baker Jack Philips during oral arguments in another religious liberty case.

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) introduced an amendment to the so-called “Respect for Marriage Act” (RFMA) in a final effort to help preserve religious liberty before the House votes on the same-sex marriage bill next week, the Federalist first reported.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) lamented the passage of the “Respect for Marriage Act” without his religious liberty amendment.

The Senate rejected Sen. Mike Lee’s (R-UT) religious liberty amendment and passed the so-called “Respect for Marriage Act” (RFMA).

Senators voted 61-35 to end debate on a bipartisan amendment to the same-sex marriage bill that purports to protect religious liberty.

Voters in five key states oppose the so-called “Respect for Marriage Act” (RFMA) due to religious liberty concerns.

Sullivan and Lummis, who both voted to advance to same-sex marriage bill, said they would support Lee’s religious liberty amendment.

McMaster called the ACLU’s lawsuit a “shortsighted attack against every South Carolinian’s constitutionally-protected religious liberty.”

Lee is holding out hope that a few House Republicans will double back on their initial support for the so-called “Respect for Marriage Act.”

Lawmakers voted for the measure 62-37 after a bipartisan group of senators added a clause about religious liberty.

Sen. Mike Lee stressed the need to protect adversarial procedure in the American justice system, saying “if the adversarial system doesn’t work, you will lose your rights, you will lose your liberty, potentially culminating in a full loss of life, liberty, and/or property.”

WASHINGTON, District of Columbia — Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) said that the First Amendment right to freely associate was the most violated right by the government during coronavirus, granting it the ability to violate “all of our other rights.”

A high school football coach in Washington State who was fired for praying with players after games will be reinstated as an assistant coach at the same high school that fired him.

Dr. Anthony Fauci and other White House officials must testify under oath in a lawsuit alleging the Biden administration colluded with Facebook and Twitter to suppress free speech regarding coronavirus, a federal court ordered on Friday.

Thirteen state attorneys general have warned U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland against prosecuting critics of child gender transition surgeries.

Yeshiva University faces the dilemma of temporarily embracing LGBT policies that violate the school’s Jewish faith or risking contempt of court, after the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to lift a temporary stay that protected the school while administrators defend the religious institution against a discrimination lawsuit.

A Kansas teacher was awarded $95,000 in damages and attorneys fees from a lawsuit regarding her refusal to use a student’s “preferred pronouns.”

Texas is leading the charge to restore historical expressions of faith and patriotism by encouraging “In God We Trust” signs in public schools, which under the Supreme Court’s recent Kennedy decision is almost certain to withstand any legal challenges.

Trump-appointee Judge James Ho accused United Airlines of “coerc[ing] its employees into violating their religious beliefs.”

A riff between two judges in the United States’ most conservative federal appeals court reflects the ongoing debate of accountability when a government potentially breaches the First Amendment.

The Biden administration is appealing a district court decision in order to force doctors to perform gender transition procedures on children.