First Amendment

Daniel Hale was charged in May 2019 with leaking classified government documents about drone warfare to a reporter.

The Tenth Circuit granted immunity to police officers who knew that interfering with the right to record violates the Constitution.

Investigations like the attorney general’s may undermine First Amendment protections established by the Supreme Court.

Bivens claims allow plaintiffs to sue federal officers in their personal capacities for violations of certain constitutional rights.

“No journalist should be arrested or prosecuted simply for doing their job,” said RCFP Executive Director Bruce Brown.

Warrantless, long-term, targeted surveillance can chill newsgathering and impair the ability of reporters to guarantee source confidentiality.

Free press is crucial to democracy, and indeed, one of the pillars that will help keep it standing.

Requests to the Reporters Committee’s legal hotline spiked dramatically in 2020, as journalists covered the pandemic, protests.

The judge agreed in part with arguments RCFP attorneys made in a friend-of-the-court brief.

In “Your Voice is Your Superpower,” Jessica Bohrer and her father, Sandy, explain the value of free speech.