First Amendment

The bill poses a serious threat to vigorous press coverage of terrorism.

RCFP, Knight Institute are urging a federal appeals court to find that warrantless cellphone searches at the border are unconstitutional.

RCFP had urged the court to rule in X Corp. v. Bonta that core provisions of the law were unconstitutional.

The court agreed with RCFP’s argument that the law imposes unconstitutional content-based restrictions on news publishers.

A media coalition is challenging Louisiana’s police ‘encroachment’ law with free legal support from RCFP attorneys.

Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Date Filed: July 17, 2024 Background: In November 2023,…

"On the whole, principles that protect a free press made it out of the term unscathed or fortified."

Case Number: 3:23-cv-03461 Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California Client: Jacob Silverman Motion to Intervene and…

Case Number: 3:23-cv-02217 Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California Client: Jacob Silverman Motion to Intervene and…

In its decision, the Court reaffirmed a key principle at the core of the Constitution's protections for a free press.