First Amendment

Today is National Religious Freedom Day, the anniversary of the passage of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, a statute written by Thomas Jefferson disestablishing the Church of England in Virginia, and an important precursor to the Establishment and Free Exercise clauses of the First Amendment.

JUNE 2, 2020 – As private platforms become critical public megaphones, what are their rights—and obligations—when it comes to policing speech on topics from public health to politics?

Few people have influenced our understanding of freedom of speech more than Floyd Abrams.

The country’s first Muslim congressman visited the Aspen Institute to discuss his book “My Country ‘Tis of Thee: My Family, My Faith, Our Future.”