Freedom of speech in the United States

Judge will allow no outside briefs in Comey presidential threat case

The judge overseeing the federal criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey in North Carolina will not accept any friend-of-the-court briefs.

UNC protesters drop First Amendment claims after campus ban ends

Pro-Palestine protesters have dropped First Amendment claims against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill now that university officials have ended orders that banned those protesters from campus in 2024.

NC lawmakers debate $10 strip club fee amid 1st Amendment concerns

NC lawmakers consider a $10 fee on strip clubs serving alcohol, sparking debate over sexual assault funding and First Amendment rights.

Andrew Pomeranz

UNC defendants ask Appeals Court for immunity against protesters’ suit

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill officials are asking a federal Appeals Court to reject portions of a lawsuit filed by protesters who were banned from campus in 2024.

How UNC silenced satire and the Daily Tar Heel

The articles may have been a bit out of touch, yes — but many of them were also really funny. And more importantly, students on campus should have the latitude to make clumsy jokes.

Isabella Cashman

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‘Ballot selfie’ backer makes case at 4th Circuit against NC ban

The Libertarian voter challenging North Carolina’s ban against “ballot selfies” is making her pitch to the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals.

Court wrestles with First Amendment rights and law enforcement video

North Carolina’s second-highest court must decide whether a trial judge violated a woman’s First Amendment rights when he limited her ability to share law enforcement videos with the public. The videos were tied to a state trooper’s fatal shooting of the woman’s dogs in 2024.

Defending free speech on campus is a collective responsibility

On both sides of the political aisle, we claim to value debate and tolerance, yet these ideals completely collapse when we believe disagreement reveals an opponent's flawed character.

Savannah Cade

Appeals Court rejects challenge of law against teaching bombmaking

A split federal Appeals Court panel has upheld a law that bans a person from teaching someone else to make or use a bomb with plans of committing a federal violent crime.

Free speech, even for views we hate

If Kimmel's employers independently (or after hearing from viewers) decided that these comments crossed the line and that this was the final straw, fine. But the federal government leaned heavily on Disney, the owners of ABC, to cancel Kimmel's show. What else can we call this but government censorship?

David Larson