As the justices mull getting back into the business of strictly scrutinizing smut, their forebears offer some good reasons why they should not.

The Supreme Court justice went down a bizarre line of questioning in the middle of the hearing.

The returning administration is full of free speech warriors—the kind that crush dissent and dissenters.

The right to criticize the powerful is a cornerstone of democracy. In Trump’s America, it’s cause for a prison sentence.

But will the high court follow long-standing precedent or its more recent trends?

The high court’s decision to leave a controversial lower court decision intact does not necessarily spell doom for First Amendment rights.

At oral arguments on Monday, the court took a dim view of the heavy-handed way that Andrew Cuomo and the State of New York attempted to crack down on the gun rights group.

An anonymous cop believes civil rights organizer DeRay Mckesson is liable for injuries suffered in a 2016 Black Lives Matter demonstration—but at least one conservative judge isn’t buying it.

Conservatives are pushing the Supreme Court to overturn bans on conversion therapy on dubious First Amendment grounds.

Puritanical Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk doesn’t like the way everyone interprets the First Amendment.

The publisher of the Marion County Record says local law enforcement unleashed “Gestapo tactics” on his organization over the weekend.

Trump’s defenders have come up with a scorching-hot legal theory—but it’s one that’s easily extinguished.

His ruling seems more interested in ideological grievance than the First Amendment.

The high court will decide if free speech rights extend to inducing illegal immigration.

The Chinese social media app has a powerful ally in its fight against the political establishment: The First Amendment.

The high court’s most unusual case of the current term will determine if our trademark laws are all bark and no bite.

Technology has made it easier than ever to menace other people. Can police and prosecutors keep pace while preserving our First Amendment rights?

In a potentially significant case about parody and intellectual property, the high court may get the last laugh.

The Hollywood-friendly church says its “religious arbitration” system—rather than civil courts—should apply to ex-members who say they were sexually assaulted by actor Danny Masterson. It hopes the Supreme Court agrees.

A shadow-docket decision spared Facebook and Twitter from a Texas law that would have prevented them from moderating their platforms.