| 2026-05-13 | ACLU Files Federal Lawsuit Against Memphis Safe Task Force Alleging Pattern of First Amendment Retaliation Against Civilians Recording Federal Immigration Enforcement
5 src American Civil Liberties Union · Todd Blanche · Department of Homeland Security · Immigration and Customs Enforcement · +5 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-23 | Supreme Court Declines Citizen Journalist Case, Sotomayor Dissents on First Amendment Arrest
3 src Supreme Court · Sonia Sotomayor |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-20 | Judge Strikes Down Pentagon Press Policy Requiring Pledge Not to Gather Unauthorized Information
5 src New York Times · Pentagon |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-13 | Jury Convicts 8 of 9 Prairieland Defendants on Terrorism Charges; Acquits All But Song on Attempted Murder
7 src Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Benjamin Song · Cameron Arnold (Autumn Hill) · +7 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-09 | Anthropic Files Dual Federal Lawsuits Challenging Pentagon's Supply Chain Risk Designation as Unconstitutional Retaliation
8 src Anthropic · Dario Amodei · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-06 | Anthropic Files Lawsuit Against Pentagon Over Unprecedented National Security Designation
6 src Anthropic · Dario Amodei · U.S. Department of Defense · Pete Hegseth |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-03 | MRFF Documents Over 200 Complaints of Military Commanders Framing Iran War as Biblical Armageddon
8 src Pete Hegseth · Freedom From Religion Foundation |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-25 | Hegseth Appeals Ruling Protecting Sen. Kelly Military Rank, Calls Video "Sedition"
4 src Pete Hegseth · Mark Kelly · U.S. Department of Defense |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-23 | Prairieland Federal Trial Begins in Fort Worth After Mistrial Over Defense Attorney T-Shirt
5 src Department of Justice · Cameron Arnold (Autumn Hill) · Zachary Evetts · Benjamin Song · +6 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-20 | Federal Judge Blocks DOJ from Searching Washington Post Reporter's Seized Devices, Cites Cannot Trust Government
4 src Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Hannah Natanson · Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-18 | Federal Court Permanently Blocks Trump Administration's DEI Ban in Schools Nationwide
6 src American Civil Liberties Union · Department of Education |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-17 | DOJ Faces Legal Complaint After FBI Raided Washington Post Reporter's Home Without Disclosing Press Protections
4 src Pam Bondi · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Hannah Natanson · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-02-13 | ACLU Files Amended Tincher v. Noem Complaint with 80+ Declarations of ICE First Amendment Retaliation
2 src American Civil Liberties Union · Kristi Noem · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-30 | DOJ Arrests Journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort Over Church Protest Coverage
3 src Pam Bondi · Federal Bureau of Investigation · U.S. Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-30 | Journalist Don Lemon Arrested in Beverly Hills on Federal Grand Jury Indictment
1 src Pam Bondi · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-29 | Federal Grand Jury Indicts Nine Cities Church Protesters Under 18 U.S.C. § 241 and FACE Act; Superseding Indictment Expands to 39 Defendants
8 src Pam Bondi · U.S. Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-20 | DOJ Serves Grand Jury Subpoenas to Governor Walz, Mayor Frey, and AG Ellison Over Immigration Enforcement
4 src Tim Walz · Jacob Frey · Keith Ellison · Pam Bondi · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-18 | Anti-ICE Protesters Disrupt St. Paul Church Service, Triggering Federal Crackdown on Journalists
3 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Kristi Noem |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-14 | FBI Raids Washington Post Reporter's Home, Seizes Devices in Unprecedented Press Freedom Violation
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Washington Post · Hannah Natanson · Pam Bondi · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-07 | Border Patrol Agents Pepper Spray Students at Roosevelt High School During Dismissal
3 src U.S. Customs and Border Protection · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-07 | ICE Agent Kills Legal Observer Renee Nicole Good During Minneapolis Raid
3 src Jonathan Ross · Renee Nicole Good · Greg Bovino · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-31 | US Press Freedom Tracker Documents 170 Assaults on Journalists in 2025, 160 by Law Enforcement
6 src Freedom of the Press Foundation · Federal Law Enforcement · ICE · Department of Homeland Security |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-19 | Supreme Court Rejects Trump Administration Emergency Request to Silence Immigration Judges, First Major Loss on Shadow Docket
4 src Supreme Court of the United States · Donald Trump · Department of Justice · Leonie Brinkema · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-05 | NPR First Amendment Lawsuit Against Trump Reaches Pivotal Court Hearing on Retaliatory Funding Cuts
5 src NPR · Donald Trump · Trump Administration · American Civil Liberties Union · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-04 | AG Bondi Issues Domestic Terrorism Memo Expanding Definition to Include Immigration Protest and Anti-Capitalism | | |
| 2025-12-04 | Bondi Directive Weaponizes Tax Enforcement Against Groups Labeled "Antifa"
5 src Pam Bondi · U.S. Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Internal Revenue Service · +5 |
| reported |
| 2025-12-04 | Bondi Orders FBI to Compile "Domestic Terrorism" List Targeting Political Beliefs
4 src Pam Bondi · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Donald Trump · Kash Patel |
| reported |
| 2025-12-04 | Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche Warns DOJ Tracks Lawyers' Public Criticism of Prosecutions
6 src Todd Blanche · Department of Justice · American Bar Association |
| reported |
| 2025-12-04 | New York Times Sues Pentagon Over Restrictive Media Rules Requiring Publication Approval, Violating First Amendment
7 src New York Times · Pete Hegseth · U.S. Department of Defense · NPR · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-03 | State Department Orders H-1B Visa Denials for Content Moderation and Fact-Checking Workers
4 src State Department · Marco Rubio · Tech companies |
| reported |
| 2025-12-03 | University of Alabama Shutters Black and Female Student Magazines Under DEI Directives
7 src Pamela Bondi · Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-03 | White House Launches 'Media Bias Portal' Denunciation System Targeting Journalists and News Outlets
4 src Donald Trump · CBS News · Boston Globe |
| reported |
| 2025-11-29 | White House Launches Official 'Media Offenders' Portal Targeting Press as Enemies
6 src Donald Trump · Karoline Leavitt · White House · Washington Post · +12 |
| reported |
| 2025-11-24 | Trump Signs Executive Order Initiating Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Process
5 src Donald Trump · Marco Rubio · Scott Bessent |
| confirmed |
| 2025-11-20 | Trump Threatens Six Democratic Congress Members with Execution for Reminding Military of Duty to Refuse Illegal Orders
5 src Donald Trump · Elissa Slotkin · Mark Kelly · Chris DeLuzio · +7 |
| reported |
| 2025-11-19 | Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership Files Federal Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Over Broadview ICE Clergy Exclusion
7 src Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership (CSPL) · Kristi Noem · Gregory Bovino · Pamela Bondi · +1 | | confirmed |
| 2025-11-19 | Seven Prairieland Defendants Plead Guilty to Material Support for Terrorism
3 src |
| confirmed |
| 2025-11-14 | Seven Clergy Arrested at Broadview; Sister JoAnn Persch Dies Same Day
7 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Illinois State Police · Cardinal Blase Cupich | | confirmed |
| 2025-11-14 | Superseding Indictment Adds Charges Against Nine Prairieland Defendants Who Refused Plea Deals
3 src Department of Justice · Cameron Arnold (Autumn Hill) · Zachary Evetts · Benjamin Song · +6 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-11-08 | Federal Judge Rules Trump Administration Violated First Amendment by Forcing Partisan Auto-Reply Messages on Federal Employees
3 src U.S. Department of Education · American Federation of Government Employees |
| reported |
| 2025-11-07 | ICE Bans Prayer Outside Broadview Detention Center
6 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) | | confirmed |
| 2025-11-06 | Federal Judge Rules Border Patrol Commander Bovino Lied Under Oath, Issues Sweeping Use-of-Force Injunction
6 src Sara Ellis · Gregory Bovino · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-11-04 | DOJ Escalates Investigation of 66-Year-Old Activist for Distributing Stephen Miller Protest Fliers
3 src U.S. Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · U.S. Secret Service · Stephen Miller |
| reported |
| 2025-11-04 | Pope Leo XIV Calls for ICE to Allow Clergy Access to Detained Migrants
4 src Pope Leo XIV · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Cardinal Blase Cupich · Catholic Church · +1 | | reported |
| 2025-10-29 | DOJ Indicts Democratic Congressional Candidate Kat Abughazaleh for ICE Facility Protest
3 src Kat Abughazaleh · Department of Justice · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Trump Administration |
| reported |
| 2025-10-23 | Border Patrol Commander Bovino Throws Tear Gas at Chicago Protesters, Violating Court Order
4 src Gregory Bovino · Sara Ellis · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Customs and Border Protection |
| confirmed |
| 2025-10-16 | DOJ Unseals First Federal Terrorism Charges Against Alleged Antifa Members in Prairieland Case
3 src Pam Bondi · Kash Patel · Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| confirmed |
| 2025-10-16 | Pentagon Strips Press Credentials After Hegseth Imposes Rules Labeling Journalists as Security Risks
5 src Pete Hegseth · Department of Defense · New York Times · Associated Press · +3 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-10-11 | Eucharistic Procession of ~1,000 Denied Entry at Broadview ICE; ICE Relays Message: No 'Compassion, Prayer, Solace or Love of God' Allowed
5 src Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership (CSPL) · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | | confirmed |
| 2025-09-25 | DOJ Orders Federal Prosecutors to Investigate George Soros' Open Society Foundations for Alleged Terrorism Ties
3 src Department of Justice · George Soros · Todd Blanche · Donald Trump · +1 |
| reported |
| 2025-09-25 | Trump Signs NSPM-7 Labeling Anti-Capitalism, Anti-Christianity, and 'Anti-Americanism' as Domestic Terrorism Indicators
5 src Donald Trump · Pam Bondi · Federal Bureau of Investigation · American Civil Liberties Union · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-09-19 | ICE Agents Fire Pepper Balls at Presbyterian Pastor Rev. David Black During Altar Call at Broadview
5 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) | | confirmed |
| 2025-09-17 | FCC Chair Brendan Carr Threatens ABC License Revocation, Disney Suspends Kimmel 'Indefinitely'
2 src Brendan Carr · Disney · Federal Communications Commission · Donald Trump |
| reported |
| 2025-09-09 | Ninth Circuit Upholds California Social Media Protection Law for Minors
3 src U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · California · Rob Bonta |
| reported |
| 2025-07-11 | Federal court restrains LAPD use of less-lethal force against journalists
3 src U.S. District Court · LAPD · Journalists |
| confirmed |
| 2025-07-04 | Protest at Prairieland ICE Detention Center Ends in Shooting of Alvarado Police Officer
3 src Benjamin Song · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) |
| confirmed |
| 2025-06-09 | CPJ: Law enforcement injure multiple journalists covering Los Angeles protests
4 src Committee to Protect Journalists · LAPD · Federal Law Enforcement · National Guard | | confirmed |
| 2025-06-06 | DC Circuit Rules 2-1 That Trump Can Bar AP from White House Events
5 src Associated Press · White House · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2025-04-25 | AG Bondi Rescinds Biden-Era Policy Protecting Journalists from DOJ Subpoenas and Search Warrants
5 src Pam Bondi · DOJ · Trump Administration · Merrick Garland |
| confirmed |
| 2025-04-15 | White House restructures press pool, removes permanent wire position
3 src White House · White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) | | confirmed |
| 2025-04-09 | USCIS to screen immigrants' social media for antisemitic activity
4 src U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Trump Administration |
| confirmed |
| 2025-04-08 | Judge orders restoration of AP access to White House events
3 src U.S. District Court · Associated Press · White House · Trump Administration |
| confirmed |
| 2025-04-03 | FCC Chair Carr Proposes Section 230 Reinterpretation at DOJ "Big-Tech Censorship" Forum
6 src Brendan Carr · Federal Communications Commission · Department of Justice Antitrust Division · Federal Trade Commission |
| confirmed |
| 2025-02-26 | White House Seizes Control of Press Pool, Removes Reuters and Bloomberg Alongside AP
5 src White House · Associated Press · Reuters · Bloomberg News · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-01-29 | Meta agrees to pay $25 million to settle Trump lawsuit over suspended accounts
3 src Donald Trump · Mark Zuckerberg |
| confirmed |
| 2025-01-23 | DOJ Expands Surveillance of Journalists Covering Administration
3 src U.S. Department of Justice · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Journalists |
| confirmed |
| 2024-10-01 | Stanford Internet Observatory effectively wound down as standalone research operation — five-year academic infrastructure for platform accountability research dismantled under sustained political and legal pressure
9 src | | confirmed |
| 2024-06-26 | SCOTUS: Plaintiffs lack standing in social-media coercion case (Murthy v. Missouri)
3 src Supreme Court of the United States · Amy Coney Barrett · Samuel Alito · Clarence Thomas · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 2023-10-09 | Dataminr Provides LAPD Real-Time Surveillance of Gaza War Protests, Expanding First Amendment Monitoring
2 src Dataminr · LAPD |
| confirmed |
| 2023-09-08 | Fifth Circuit Finds Biden Administration Violated First Amendment Through Social Media Coercion
4 src Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · White House · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| confirmed |
| 2023-06-30 | Supreme Court Allows Religious Exemptions from Anti-Discrimination Laws in 303 Creative v. Elenis
9 src U.S. Supreme Court · Neil Gorsuch · John Roberts · Clarence Thomas · +8 |
| confirmed |
| 2022-10-12 | Alex Jones Ordered to Pay $965 Million in Sandy Hook Defamation Trial
3 src |
| confirmed |
| 2020-07-04 | BORTAC Border Patrol Tactical Units Deployed Against Portland BLM Protesters | | |
| 2020-06-09 | FBI Expands Dataminr Contract During George Floyd Protests for Social Media Surveillance of Demonstrations
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Dataminr · NYPD · LAPD · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2019-05-23 | Julian Assange Charged Under Espionage Act - Unprecedented Attack on Press Freedom
3 src Julian Assange · WikiLeaks · Department of Justice · Trump Administration |
| confirmed |
| 2016-10-11 | ACLU Exposes Geofeedia's Surveillance of Black Lives Matter Protests Through Social Media Platforms
3 src American Civil Liberties Union · Twitter · Facebook · Instagram |
| confirmed |
| 2015-06-09 | Maine Governor LePage Threatens to Withhold School Funding to Block Political Opponent's Hiring
7 src | | confirmed |
| 2014-04-02 | Supreme Court Strikes Down Aggregate Campaign Contribution Limits in McCutcheon v. FEC
5 src U.S. Supreme Court · John Roberts · Republican National Committee · Anthony Kennedy · +5 |
| confirmed |
| 2013-10-21 | Microsoft and Google Challenge NSA Gag Orders in Federal Court
4 src Microsoft · Google · Department of Justice · National Security Agency |
| confirmed |
| 2012-03-02 | Iowa Governor Branstad Signs Nation's First Modern Ag-Gag Law Criminalizing Undercover Documentation of Agricultural Facility Abuses, Using ALEC Model Legislation to Shield Corporate Factory Farms from Whistleblower Investigations
4 src American Legislative Exchange Council |
| confirmed |
| 2011-09-01 | FBI Surveils Occupy Wall Street as "Terrorist Threat" Before First Protest
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
| confirmed |
| 2010-09-24 | FBI Raids Anti-War Activists' Homes in Coordinated Nationwide Operation
3 src Federal Bureau of Investigation · Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 2010-01-21 | Supreme Court Citizens United Decision Unleashes Unlimited Corporate Spending
7 src U.S. Supreme Court · Federal Election Commission · Anthony Kennedy |
| confirmed |
| 1978-04-26 | Powell delivers Bellotti decision establishing corporate First Amendment rights
3 src Lewis F. Powell Jr. · Supreme Court of the United States · Corporate interests |
| confirmed |
| 1976-05-24 | Powell Expands Corporate Speech Rights in Virginia State Board of Pharmacy Decision
3 src Lewis F. Powell Jr. · Warren Burger · Byron White · Thurgood Marshall | | confirmed |
| 1957-06-17 | Yates v. United States Limits Smith Act Prosecutions, Supreme Court Begins Retreat from McCarthyism
6 src Earl Warren · U.S. Supreme Court · Communist Party USA · Department of Justice | | confirmed |
| 1952-01-01 | Hollywood Blacklist Reaches Peak with Over 300 Industry Professionals Banned
3 src House Un-American Activities Committee · American Legion · Federal Bureau of Investigation · J. Edgar Hoover |
| confirmed |
| 1951-06-04 | Dennis v. United States Supreme Court Upholds Smith Act Convictions, Criminalizes Political Advocacy
3 src Fred Vinson · U.S. Supreme Court · Communist Party USA · Department of Justice |
| confirmed |
| 1951-04-01 | Hollywood Ten Released from Prison but Remain Blacklisted, Industry Persecution Continues
3 src House Un-American Activities Committee | | confirmed |
| 1950-09-23 | McCarran Internal Security Act Passes Over Truman Veto, Requires Communist Registration
3 src Harry Truman · U.S. Congress · House Un-American Activities Committee · Department of Justice · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 1947-11-25 | Waldorf Statement Launches Hollywood Blacklist, Studio Executives Pledge to Fire Hollywood Ten
3 src Paramount Pictures |
| confirmed |
| 1947-10-20 | HUAC Hollywood Hearings Begin, Studio Executives Cooperate as "Friendly Witnesses"
6 src House Un-American Activities Committee · Ronald Reagan |
| confirmed |
| 1940-06-28 | Smith Act Criminalizes Advocacy of Government Overthrow, Enables Political Persecution
3 src U.S. Congress · Department of Justice · Franklin D. Roosevelt | | confirmed |
| 1925-06-08 | Supreme Court Upholds Criminal Anarchy Conviction While Expanding Due Process
3 src U.S. Supreme Court |
| confirmed |
| 1919-11-10 | Abrams v. United States: Holmes Dissents, Articulates 'Marketplace of Ideas' Free Speech Theory
3 src Supreme Court of the United States · Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. · Louis Brandeis | | confirmed |
| 1918-05-16 | Sedition Act of 1918 Expands Espionage Act to Criminalize Anti-Government Speech
4 src U.S. Congress · Woodrow Wilson | | confirmed |
| 1836-05-26 | House Gag Rule Suppresses Antislavery Petitions, Demonstrating Slave Power's Congressional Capture
5 src John Quincy Adams · U.S. House of Representatives | | confirmed |