Under the First Amendment, all individuals in the U.S. have the right to free speech and assembly, meaning everyone has the right to express their views in the form of protests. This also means ...

Yes, Damsky’s rhetoric is ugly. But the First Amendment was designed precisely to protect such speech — so the public, fully informed, can judge it for what it is. Free speech is not without cost.

The California-based First Amendment Coalition, the Freedom of the Press Foundation and the Los Angeles Press Club led the letter to DHS. In addition, 27 other press freedom and First Amendment ...