freedom of speech

noun phrase

: the legal right to express one's opinions freely

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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 The photos are part of the group's latest court filing in an ongoing freedom of speech lawsuit against the City of Miami Beach. Manuel Bojorquez, CBS News, 14 May 2026 The court had ruled that the freedom of speech ensured by the First Amendment outweighed the threat of violence against Fricke and his date. USA Today, 13 May 2026 Jose Smith, a former municipal attorney for the cities of Miami Beach and North Miami Beach told the Miami Herald at the time that there was no legal basis to sue Netflix due to First Amendment protections for freedom of speech. Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 11 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for freedom of speech

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“Freedom of speech.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freedom%20of%20speech. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

Legal Definition

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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