The First Amendment Project

First Amendment Project

Dissent is a sign of strength, not weakness. Dissent is a hallmark of a free society. Dissent is our democracy in action.

The First Amendment Project is a nonprofit, public interest law firm and advocacy organization dedicated to protecting and promoting freedom of information, expression, and petition. FAP provides advice, educational materials, and legal representation to its core constituency of activists, journalists, and artists in service of these fundamental liberties..

– First Amendment Project mission statement

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise therof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

–The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution