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A review of court cases finds that the Trump administration has been challenged dozens of times for violations of multiple First Amendment protections since January 2025, losing in 8 out of every 10 instances in district federal courts across the country.

According to a report from Reuters, which conducted the review, there have been 93 challenges to actions taken by the White House since President Donald Trump’s second term began. Of those cases, 75 have resulted in rulings against the administration.

The challenges — and losses — are extraordinarily high. For comparison, during the four years of the Biden administration, there were 27 First Amendment challenges at the district court level, only 13 of which resulted in rulings against the White House, Reuters reported.

The challenges included claims that the Trump administration had infringed on free speech, religious freedom, and press protections within the First Amendment, which reads, in full, that:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; 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. Related Story Op-Ed | Politics & Elections Trump Is Making Inroads in His Sly Attack on Free Speech Trump’s urge to suppress free speech may be about Israel today, but it may be about something else tomorrow. By Mattea Kramer , TomDispatch November 20, 2025 Truthout

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; 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........

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