: speech that is protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
also: the right to such speech
an unconstitutional restraint on free speechNat'l Law Jour.
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebRoy Gutterman, an expert on free speech at Syracuse's Newhouse School of Public Communications, said depositions in these kinds of cases can get heated. Olivia Rubin, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2022 The phony narrative that Liz Cheney is pushing has been the radical left's pretext for their all-out war on free speech. Aaron Navarro, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2022 Truth Social’s connection to the FBI attack draws a similarity with Parler, another social media site once popular with Trump supporters that prided itself on free speech. Meryl Kornfield, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2022 Thanks to the survival of institutions like free speech and debate in the public square, there is a chance to defeat this proposal. Mary Anastasia O’grady, WSJ, 28 Aug. 2022 Defense lawyers, however, say Fox and Croft were a bumbling, foul-mouthed, marijuana-smoking pair exercising free speech and incapable of leading anything as extraordinary as an abduction of a public official. Ed White, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2022 The allegation that Nazario’s free speech was violated was also tossed under the federal immunity doctrine. Ben Finley, ajc, 10 Aug. 2022 Yale has had a series of incidents that suggest an uncertain policy regarding free speech. Michael Poliakoff, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022 Has seeing that affected your absolutist beliefs about free speech? David Marchesephotograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 28 July 2022 See More