Free Speech & Expression
The ACLU-NJ has worked since its founding in 1960 to protect and defend these freedoms by defending protesters, challenging censorship, protecting student speech, fighting for public information, and so much more.
The right to express ourselves and live freely – to speak, to publish, to associate, to assemble, to call on our government – are the fundamental rights protected by the First Amendment.
The ACLU-NJ has worked since its founding in 1960 to protect and defend these freedoms by defending protesters, challenging censorship, protecting student speech, fighting for public information, and so much more.
The Latest
Through the Power of Free Speech and Civic Engagement, We Stopped an Ordinance Restricting First Amendment Rights
Mahmoud Khalil Seeks to Challenge Government’s Retaliatory, Post-Facto Charges Against Him in Federal Court
Mahmoud Khalil to Be Freed From Detention, Reunite With Wife and Son as Case Proceeds
Cases, Campaigns & Legislation
State v. Burkert
Petro Lubricant Testing v. Adelman
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