Free Speech Arguments

By Institute for Free Speech

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Presented by the Institute for Free Speech The Free Speech Arguments Podcast brings you oral arguments from important First Amendment free political speech cases across the country.

Episode Date
Are the Trump Executive Orders Targeting Law Firms and Lawyers Constitutional? (Perkins Coie LLP v. DOJ)
May 14, 2026
IRS Donor Disclosure Law: What First Amendment Standard of Review Applies? (The Buckeye Institute v. Internal Revenue Service)
Apr 29, 2026
Can Government Retaliate Against Critics by Launching an Investigation and Demanding Documents? (Media Matters for America v. Federal Trade Commission)
Apr 13, 2026
Can Government Punish Nondisruptive Private Speech of Its Employees? (Hussey v. City of Cambridge, et al.)
Apr 08, 2026
Can Government Refuse Media Credentials Based on a Journalist’s Viewpoint? (Utah Political Watch, et al. v. Musselman, et al.)
Mar 17, 2026
Buckley v. Valeo Expert Panel Discussion
Feb 26, 2026
Oral Arguments in the Landmark Case That Saved Democracy (Buckley v. Valeo, 1976)
Jan 20, 2026
Can Congress Limit Coordination Between a Party and Its Candidates? (National Republican Senatorial Committee, et al. v. Federal Election Commission, et al.)
Dec 09, 2025
Can the Government Constitutionally Use Broad Subpoena Power in a Way that Chills Nonprofit and Donor Speech? (First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin)
Dec 03, 2025
Can the Government Limit Access to a Citizen Flag Pole Based on Viewpoint? (Scaer, et al. v. City of Nashua, et al.)
Dec 02, 2025
Can the White House Exclude Journalists From Limited-Access Events Based on Viewpoint? (Associated Press v. Taylor Budowich, et al.)
Nov 24, 2025
Can Schools Ban Parents from Silent Protest on School Grounds? (Fellers v. Kelley)
Nov 05, 2025
May Burdensome Disclosure Laws Create a De Facto Ban on Political Ads? (State of Washington v. Meta Platforms, Inc.)
Oct 28, 2025
Can States Censor Conversations Between Therapists and Clients? (Chiles v. Salazar)
Oct 07, 2025
Can Arizona Expand Donor Disclosure Beyond Election Campaign Speech? (Center for Arizona Policy, Inc., et al. v. Arizona Secretary of State, et al.)
Sep 11, 2025
Can Legislative Committees Ban ‘Misgendering’ During Public Comment? (Gays Against Groomers, et al. v. Garcia, et al.)
Sep 10, 2025
Can a California City Silence a Critic Through Targeted Campaign Finance Laws? (Moving Oxnard Forward, Inc. v. Lourdes Lopez)
Sep 09, 2025
Can Public Universities Censor Faculty Critics? (Lowery v. Mills)
Aug 04, 2025
Can States Ban Ballot Speech by Lawful Permanent Residents? (OPAWL – Building AAPI Feminist Leadership v. Dave Yost)
Jul 23, 2025
Free Speech Arguments - Can Maine’s State Legislature Deny Voting Rights to a Legislator for a Social Media Post? (Libby v. Fecteau)
Jun 05, 2025
Can Arizona Compel Broad Donor Disclosure for Ordinary Speech? (Americans for Prosperity, et al. v. Meyer, et al.)
May 15, 2025
Can States Prohibit Pro-Bono Litigation Services for Candidates? (Institute for Free Speech v. J.R. Johnson, et al.)
Apr 28, 2025
Can the White House Ban Outlets from the Press Pool? (Associated Press v. Taylor Budowich)
Apr 18, 2025
Can States Ban the Teaching of Some Controversial Concepts? (Local 8027, AFT-New Hampshire, AFL-CIO v. Edelblut)
Apr 08, 2025
Can Public Schools Compel Preferred Pronoun Usage? (Parents Defending Education v. Olentangy Local School District, et al.)
Mar 19, 2025
Can the SEC Permanently Silence Critics? (Powell, et al. v. SEC)
Feb 13, 2025
Can Public School Teachers Challenge Mandatory Equity Training as a First Amendment Violation? (Henderson v. Springfield R-12 School District)
Jan 23, 2025
Can Texas Force Adults to Verify Their Age Before Visiting Adult Websites? (Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton)
Jan 15, 2025
Can the Government Shut Down TikTok or Force its Sale? (TikTok Inc. v. Merrick Garland)
Jan 10, 2025
Can the Government Force Drug Companies to Say that Government-Set Prices Are “Fair?” (Bristol Myers Squibb Co v. Secretary United States Department of HHS)
Oct 31, 2024
Can School Boards Censor Parents for Harsh Criticism of School Officials? (Moms for Liberty v. Wilson County Board of Education)
Oct 29, 2024
Can States Ban Political Spending by U.S. Companies with Minor Foreign Ownership? (Central Maine Power Company)
Oct 09, 2024
Can Public Libraries Remove Books Based on Viewpoint? (Little v. Llano County)
Sep 24, 2024
Can the Government Ban TikTok? (TikTok Inc. v. Merrick Garland)
Sep 16, 2024
Is California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code Act Constitutional? (NetChoice, LLC v. Bonta)
Jul 18, 2024
Can California Compel Social Media Platforms to Report to the State How They Moderate Hate Speech, Extremism, Etc.? (X Corp. v. Bonta)
Jul 17, 2024
The Imperial Sovereign Court of the State of Montana v. Knudsen
Jun 25, 2024
Can You Be Punished for Sharing Publicly Broadcast Court Hearings (Somberg v. McDonald)
Jun 20, 2024
Florida's STOP Woke Act in Higher Education (Pernell v. Lamb)
Jun 18, 2024
Episode 11: NRSC, et al. v. FEC, et al.
Jun 12, 2024
Episode 10: U.S. v. Sittenfeld
May 10, 2024
Episode 9: Diei v. Boyd
May 02, 2024
Episode 8: Spectrum WT v. Wendler
Apr 30, 2024
Episode 7: Fischer v. U.S.
Apr 16, 2024
Episode 6: U.S. v. Mackey
Apr 05, 2024
Episode 5: Gilliam v. Gerregano
Apr 03, 2024
Episode 4: Gonzalez v. Trevino
Mar 20, 2024
Episode 3: Murthy v. Missouri
Mar 18, 2024
Episode 2: NRA v. Vullo
Mar 18, 2024
Episode 1: Moody v. NetChoice, LLC and NetChoice, LLC v. Paxton
Feb 26, 2024