Rather than have the government stretch the meaning of statutes and evidence, Congress and the president should enact a statute that straightforwardly makes it illegal to publish or circulate materials that support, praise, or advocate terrorism as long as we are still formally at war with al Qaeda and its allies.

Ask Americans what they think the First Amendment protects, and they will tell you “freedom of speech.”  But few will think of the amendment’s third protection: “freedom of assembly.” In his provocative new book, “Liberty’s Refuge, The Forgotten Freedom of Assembly,” Washington University School of Law professor John Inazu implores Americans to keep in mind the importance of this protection.

Appropriate off-label use of drugs that informs proper patient care is fostered by more communication of truthful information.

This event will discuss how globalization and interconnections between different legal systems have affected free speech.

If ever we need evidence of ideology run rampant, the House vote to eliminate the annual American Community Survey and the Economic Census to provide basic information on the state of businesses and industries in the country and data used for generating quarterly gross domestic product estimates is exhibit A.

Not all speech is permitted under the Constitution. The first Amendment does not protect lewd and libelous speech, and it should not--and cannot in 2006--be used as a shield for murderers.

Testimony before the Food and Drug Administration on September 13, 2002, on how the FDA can assure that its controls over commercial speech conforms to Supreme Court decisions.