free speech Archives

AFP Applauds Safeguarding Charity Act to Secure Constitutional Protections for Schools, Churches, and Charities

Jan 18, 2024

ARLINGTON – Today Americans for Prosperity (AFP) commended the introduction of the Safeguarding Charity Act, by Florida Senator Marco Rubio and Florida Congressman Greg Steube. Recent judicial decisions threaten the First Amendment rights of nonprofit charities, subjecting them to oversight by federal bureaucrats and to costly litigation. The Safeguarding Charity Act will protect nonprofit organizations […]

AFP Praises House Committee for Highlighting Campus Free Speech Crisis

Sep 26, 2023

ARLINGTON, VA – Today, Americans for Prosperity applauded the House Committee on Education and the Workforce for calling attention to the threat to First Amendment freedoms at colleges and universities across the country. The committee’s new report details policy analysis and audience research that shows the scope of threats to free speech in higher education. […]

Americans For Prosperity Foundation Sues DHS Over Secretary Mayorkas’ Private Email Use During Disinformation Governance Board Launch

Mar 20, 2023

ARLINGTON, VA—Americans For Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) filed suit to enforce a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for records related Secretary Mayorkas’ use of private email to conduct official government business. AFPF discovered Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ use of private email for official business after filing a separate FOIA request for records related to the formation […]

Americans For Prosperity Foundation Sues for Disinformation Governance Board Records

Jul 12, 2022

ARLINGTON, VA—Americans For Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) filed suit today to enforce a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for records related to the body the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced earlier this year. “More than two months after the agency announced the new body, the public still doesn’t know basic information about its authority, […]

First Amendment Rights of Student Journalists Should be Protected

Jan 31, 2020

Legislature misses opportunity to allow student journalists to exercise their press freedom rights LINCOLN, NE – Americans for Prosperity-Nebraska (AFP-NE) today expressed disappointment that the legislature did not advance LB 206 after debate, a bill that would extend First Amendment rights of freedom of speech and freedom of the press to student journalists and their […]

AFP Foundation Hosting Free Speech Event at University of New Hampshire

Sep 19, 2018

DURHAM, N.H. – Americans for Prosperity’s sister organization, Americans for Prosperity Foundation-New Hampshire (AFPF-NH), will host a free speech and toleration panel with Janisset Rivero, a leading Cuban human rights activist, Demetrius Minor, Director of Coalitions for Americans for Prosperity-Florida, and Zach Greenberg, a Justice Robert Jackson Legal Fellow for the Foundation for Individual Rights […]