“This is not about students’ First Amendment rights to protest peacefully.

During the hearing, Roy said: "[We are] not suggesting that we shouldn't have groups that are able to exercise all of their First Amendment rights and speak clearly and freely."

District Judge Fred Biery of San Antonio ruled that Texas Senate Bill 10, set to take effect on Sept. 1, likely violates the "First Amendment respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting free exercise."

The Southeastern Legal Foundation, a nonprofit that represents the plaintiffs, said the decision by the federal appeals court was “a huge victory for the First Amendment.”

First Amendment The plaintiffs argued that using excessive force at protests could make individuals less inclined to exercise their rights out of fear of consequences or reprisal.

The unions also demonstrated a likelihood of proving that Trump's order had a "chilling effect" on their right to free speech under the Constitution's First Amendment, Donato said.

If it is not narrowly drawn, then it does not comply with the First Amendment and must be struck down, the group argued.

A porn industry group, known as the Free Speech Coalition, alleged that the requirement was too broad and therefore violated the First Amendment. The coalition initially won in district court, but the U.S.

Some of these individuals have already been suspended or fired—but were their First Amendment rights violated? The First Amendment states only that “Congress shall make no law” abridging freedom of speech.

An attorney for the government also said the First Amendment claims are just a ruse because the plaintiffs want Alligator Alcatraz shut down.

He later filed a civil suit alleging violation of his First Amendment rights based on 42 U.S. Code, Section 1983, which allows individuals to sue governments over alleged violations of their civil rights.

"Although educators have First Amendment rights, these rights do not extend without limit into their professional duties,” Kamoutsas said.

Constitution's First Amendment when officials cut some $12 million in grants to the academy.

“Requiring a teacher to purge their workspace of anything religious is blatant discrimination that violates the First Amendment.”

"An established principle in the First Amendment context is that enabling individuals to voluntarily restrict problematic content at the receiving end is preferred over restricting speech at the source," Walker wrote in a 58-page opinion.

A lawsuit was filed in September 2025 by associations and labor groups representing employees at the university’s 10 campuses, alleging violations of First Amendment rights.

Ferguson said that while the First Amendment protects corporate speech, it does not shield companies from liability for material misrepresentations or unfair practices.

“Laws that regulate the initiative process itself (as opposed to laws that regulate supporters’ speech about initiatives) do not implicate the First Amendment.”

The Court will decide whether the law banning the platform violates free speech protections under the First Amendment. If the Court doesn't delay or block the law, TikTok will be banned in the United States from Jan. 19.

"The First Amendment protects political speech even though it offends some. This lawsuit seeks to prohibit defendants from retaliating against Professor Hook for exercising his First Amendment right to speak on political matters."

Claiming the law violated the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, challengers sued to block it under Section 1983 of Title 42 of the U.S.

Addressing the First Amendment claims, Jackson said that Strzok had failed to provide evidence that officials in the first Trump administration had treated him "more harshly than they would have treated employees in similar circumstances because the viewpoint

Constitution's First Amendment and making their names known would violate their constitutional rights.

The order directs Attorney General Pam Bondi to send appropriate cases to state and local authorities and to pursue charges in line with the First Amendment.

John Williams, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas, one of the plaintiffs, said in a statement that the ruling shows that "Arkansas lawmakers cannot sidestep the First Amendment by mandating that a particular version of the

Amendment to the Constitution.

TikTok had challenged the divestment law as unconstitutional under the First Amendment, and a three-judge panel in federal court had upheld the law earlier this month.

This cannot comport with the free flow of information the First Amendment protects."

Florida is backing farmers and agriculture at the cost of the First Amendment. Senior Fellow for the First Amendment at the Freedom Forum Gene Policinski said he could see the food disparagement clause actually benefitting the MAHA movement.

"I'm cautiously optimistic that the court is going to continue to bullishly protect the First Amendment. ... We can talk through all these legal nuanced questions.