The First Amendment of the US Constitution is designed to protect people's basic freedoms, but what does it actually entail? The founding fathers wrote, "Congress shall make no law respecting an ...

The U.S. Supreme Court begins its new term on Monday, with incoming cases on questions of free speech, voting rights and ...

The U.S. Constitution's First Amendment has been a topic of debate for decades. Now, a new PBS documentary "The First" deep dives into the history of the amendment's ratification, why it was ...

Bipartisan agreement is rare in these politically polarized days. But that’s just what happened in response to ABC’s suspension of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” The suspension followed the Federal ...

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably ...

The Supreme Court has announced which cases and controversies it will consider during arguments from October to December 2026 ...

Two hundred and fifty years after Americans declared independence from Britain and began writing the first state constitutions, it’s not the Constitution that’s dead. It’s the idea of amending it.