News & Commentary about Freedom of the Press
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The ACLU works in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.
![Ex-President and convicted felon Donald Trump speaks at an event in Washington, DC, June 22, 2024.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2024/07/donald-trump-at-podium-b-400x266.jpg)
Jul 10, 2024
Supreme Court Term Ends with Win for Trump, First Amendment Rights
![A protester records police in riot gear as they form a wall to push crowds of demonstrators in Portland, Ore., on June 30, 2020, in the wake the murder of George Floyd.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2022/08/FIRST-AMENDMENT-RECORD-POLICE-Blog-400x266.jpg)
Aug 23, 2022
Arizona's New Law Banning People from Recording Police Violates our First Amendment Rights
![Police in Portland wear riot gear and armed with guns as smoke fills the streets.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2020/09/Law-Enforcement-Violence-Header-Image-400x266.jpg)
Sep 1, 2020
The Law Enforcement Violence Trump Won’t Talk About
![Two journalists prepare for police use of force.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2020/06/WEB20-Police-Force-Journalists-BlogImage-WordPress-1110x740-1-400x266.jpg)
Jun 12, 2020
Policing the Press: A Journalist on the Frontlines
Jun 11, 2020
Policing the Press: A Journalist on the Frontlines
![A police officer shouts at Associated Press videojournalist Robert Bumsted, Tuesday, June 2, 2020, in New York.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2020/06/web20_policepress-1110x740-1-400x266.jpg)
Jun 3, 2020
Police are Attacking Journalists at Protests. We’re Suing.