Newest research articles

• True threats, research article by David L. Hudson Jr.
• Online campaign ads, by Scott Felsenthal

Latest Supreme Court analyses

• Williams may be term's most far-reaching speech ruling, 2007-08 term wrapup by Tony Mauro
• Davis: Leveling rich candidates' speech unjustified, by Tony Mauro
• Court backs N.Y. judicial-election system despite concerns, by Tony Mauro
• 'Millionaire' case: new look at campaign finance, by Tony Mauro
• Court may have found child-porn law it can support, by Tony Mauro
• Court opens term with First Amendment case, 2007-08 term preview by Tony Mauro
• Rhetoric aside, most First Amendment claimants lose, 2006-07 term wrapup by Tony Mauro
• Will Roberts Court flip Burger precedents? by David L. Hudson Jr.
• 2007-08 case tracker

Special topics

• Telephone-harassment statutes, by Josh Tatum
• Benjamin Bache & the fight for a free press, by Ronald K.L. Collins
• FCC's Tate: need to balance freedom, protection of kids, by Courtney Holliday
• Panel explores whether Pacifica is outdated, by Dan O'Neil
• How 2 women made free-speech history, by Ronald K.L. Collins and David L. Hudson Jr.
• Indecency regulation: beyond broadcast? by David L. Hudson Jr.
• The FCC's Regulation of Indecency, a First Report by Lili Levi
• State of the First Amendment 2007
• From young reader to engaged citizen, by John Seigenthaler
• Presidential candidates & the First Amendment
• Revived 'Fairness Doctrine' would be anything but fair, by John Seigenthaler
• Student Online Expression: What Do the Internet and MySpace Mean for Students’ First Amendment Rights? by David L. Hudson Jr.
• Finding Common Ground - 2007 revision
• Digital revolution raises new issues, by Pam Parry, Belmont University
• TV violence & the FCC, online symposium
• Profanity & the First Amendment, by Scott Felsenthal
• Revisiting Bridging the Gap: Religion and the News Media, by Jimmy R. Allen
• Sedition Act of 1798: A brief history of arrests, indictments, mistreatment & abuse, by Gordon T. Belt
• A Conversation with Anthony Lewis: transcript, bibliography
• 'Conversations with John Seigenthaler'
• Timeline: TV, regulation and broadcast violence
• Timeline: broadcast decency
• First Amendment Watch blog with Gene Policinski
• Book reviews by Ronald K.L. Collins
• Learning About World Religions in Public Schools: The impact on student attitudes and community acceptance in Modesto, Calif., by Emile Lester and Patrick S. Roberts. (A First Forum report)
• Public Schools and Sexual Orientation: A First Amendment framework for finding common ground
• The Future of Religious Freedom in America, report of joint conference by McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum, First Amendment Center
• 'Must reads' 2007: best of the First Amendment Center Online

• Protecting reporters' privilege? Evaluating the effectiveness of the Free Flow of Information Act of 2006, by Alicia Armbruster
• Track shield laws, subpoenas, confidentiality cases here
• Ongoing confidential-sources cases
• Branzburg v. Hayes, reporters' privilege & circuit courts
• State shield statutes & leading cases, by Bill Kenworthy
• Jailed & subpoenaed journalists — a historical timeline, by Gordon T. Belt

• As Justice Holmes said ... free-speech quotes compiled by Ron Collins
• Justice Thomas & the First Amendment, online symposium
• Reflections by an academic-freedom pioneer
• Ben Elton Cox: Civil rights leader to high court litigant
• Justice Frank Murphy: 'champion of First Amendment freedoms'
• Interviews with principals in Supreme Court First Amendment cases

Justice Samuel Alito

• Alito & the First Amendment online symposium
• Alito well-versed in First Amendment, by Tony Mauro
• Alito on the First Amendment: excerpts from hearings

Justice John G. Roberts

• Roberts' remarkable feat in military-recruiters case, analysis by Tony Mauro
• High court nominee well-versed in First Amendment, exclusive analysis by David L. Hudson Jr.
• Roberts on the First Amendment: excerpts from hearings

Justice Clarence Thomas

• Justice Thomas & the First Amendment, online symposium

• William Rehnquist's First Amendment legacy

• O'Connor a maverick on First Amendment cases