: the legal right to express one's opinions freely
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According to Taylor, the judge presiding over Anthony’s case must walk a fine line between protecting the demonstrators’ freedom of speech and the defendant’s right to a fair trial.—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026 Nor does freedom of speech seem an unambiguous value as a tidal wave of toxic disinformation washes over the republic in its 250th year.—Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026 Constitutional First Amendment matters of freedom of speech.—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026 Perez thinks that Girls Like Girls is especially important in a climate of attacks on trans rights and freedom of speech in America.—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for freedom of speech
: the right to express information, ideas, and opinions free of government restrictions based on content and subject only to reasonable limitations (as the power of the government to avoid a clear and present danger) especially as guaranteed by the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution see also free speech compare censorship, prior restraint
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