In the week preceding the highly-anticipated New Hampshire presidential primary, the First Amendment was in full application.

Accompanying a group of political reporting students covering the primary for newspapers and radio stations, I had the opportunity to spend a week in New Hampshire watching the Republican candidates slug it out....

Though the Westboro Baptist Church never showed Friday night at Syracuse University's Carrier Dome, all was not lost.

The much-anticipated appearance by members of the controversial church known for inflammatory messages prompted an animated, vocal, even festive counter protest, primarily by Syracuse University students. Their chants could be heard...

James Deferio has a message he wants to disseminate. He wants to share his beliefs on college campuses. When the State University of New York at Albany demanded he apply for a revocable permit 30 days in advance, make a series of guarantees and pony up $50 for a processing...

Play again, kids. Those video games, even the ones depicting extreme violence, are protected by the First Amendment, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, just like those old books and movies.

In one of the most closely-watched and eagerly-anticipated cases of the term, the Supreme Court waited until the last...

When it comes to public issues, sometimes we need to accept a little bit of the ugly for the greater good. The Supreme Court solidly affirmed this with regard to free speech on Wednesday when it ruled that the Westboro Baptist Church's offensive protests outside the funeral of a fallen...