free speech

In a shadowy city hall basement meeting last July, city officials in a southern Illinois college town swiftly and quietly repealed their controversial “no-speech zone” ordinance, a city law intended to silence pro-life advocates. While the…

Image CreditBreccan F. Thies / The Federalist THE WHITE HOUSE — The Trump administration promised to “take action” if Americans’ speech is censored by U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s crackdown on free speech. In response to a…

The Wyoming legislature enacted a law protecting government employees from the state forcing them to use “preferred pronouns.” But Republican Gov. Mark Gordon refused to sign, allowing the bill to become law by default. The law — SF 077, or…

Despite draconian laws that punish people for expressing themselves, United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer lied about his country’s terrible free speech record during a White House meeting with President Donald Trump on Thursday. A…

On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that the White House Press Office will now decide which reporters will get to cover the president daily, ending the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) exclusive…

Since its founding, the United States has long been considered a champion for basic natural rights throughout the civilized world. Not content with simply guaranteeing these principles at home, America has sought to use its reputation and…

Republican Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita petitioned the state Supreme Court Thursday to stop threats to his law license over his pro-life legal efforts. It’s the latest development in years of abortion litigation and advocacy…

CBS News’ Margaret Brennan claimed Sunday that free speech was to blame for the Holocaust. During an interview with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Brennan spun a wild theory that free speech in Germany paved the way for the Holocaust,…

Few modern dogmas are more bewildering than the idea that pornography is “speech.” In response to SB593, my bill to abolish pornography in Oklahoma, virtually every detractor is laser-focused on the supposition that it violates their First…

When President Joe Biden spoke to the nation for the final time, he gave plenty of platitudes — but also scolded Big Tech for eliminating its so-called “fact-checkers.” “Social media is giving up on fact-checking. The truth is smothered by…