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Today marks the 233rd anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution. As we commemorate September 17, 1787 as the end of the drafting ...

Since the 1980s, the FEC has interpreted the press exemption as serving the needs of the institutional press. This application relies on a likely ...

Until then, the D.C. Circuit’s opinion in CREW v. FEC should not be read as requiring forced disclosure of all donors to nonprofit groups, ...

Candidate pledges denouncing support from select groups tend to utilize public misunderstanding of campaign finance law to generate the facade of moral superiority, trade ...

Mallory Rechtenbach has joined the Institute for Free Speech for a one-year term as our inaugural First Amendment Fellow. In this position, she will ...

While free societies need legal protections for speech, laws are only as effective as the cultural influences that safeguard them. Our society needs both ...

If we want more speech and association in our society (and we should), then we need to focus on bringing down the costs for ...

While some may have faith in disclosure laws’ ability to pinpoint instances of favoritism, despite the lack of evidence that such laws improve perceptions ...

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 shields internet platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and your local newspaper from liability for the content ...

It is not enough just to try and protect free speech during an emergency. Rather, it is essential that, in advance of an emergency, ...