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; ...

In 1953, the physicist Albert Einstein became instrumental in revitalizing the force of the First Amendment as a rhetorical and legal tactic in the congressional hearings. Having fled Germany after ...

When COVID began, we started hiking as a group every week. During these hikes, we found ourselves weighing and debating all kinds of issues. One that has worried us from the beginning of the current ...

I love the First Amendment. I mean that literally. For me, it is the soul of the Constitution, safeguarding the fundamental ...

The framers of the Constitution added ten amendments, called the Bill of Rights, to protect individuals’ rights from being infringed by the government. A democratic government is one in which the ...

A rumor that U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson called to repeal the First Amendment from the Constitution is circulating online. Johnson allegedly made the call to do away with the amendment, which ...

Preston is a research fellow for tax policy in The Heritage Foundation’s Grover M. Hermann Center for the federal budget. Americans who have never lived elsewhere may take for granted the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the intersection of state & federal policy and politics. One month past the halfway point of the year, 2025 has proven to ...