Law, Courts & Regulations
Shutterstock.com This week, the American Association of University Professors gave its blessing to mandatory “diversity statements” in hiring — as long as the faculty votes for them first. FIRE has lo...
As we confront the problems of the digital speech age, we must look for solutions that preserve expressive freedom for all. We won’t do that by weakening the First Amendment. It took centuries for ind...
If you’ve paid even a little attention to the national discourse over the last few years, you’ve probably heard the words “misinformation” and “disinformation” thrown around a lot. Although the terms ...
Rwanda starts vaccine trials against the deadly virus, which can have a fatality rate of 88%. Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) is a severe, often fatal hemorrhagic fever that originates from the same famil...
Shutterstock.com “With great power comes great responsibility,” Uncle Ben famously tells Peter Parker. When it comes to colleges and universities, it’s great prestige that brings great responsibility....
Floridians Protecting Freedom In the ad, a woman named Caroline from Tampa talks about needing an abortion after she developed a brain tumor and claims Florida law now bans abortions in cases like her...
This year, FIRE launched the Free Speech Dispatch , a regular series covering new and continuing censorship trends and challenges around the world. Our goal is to help readers better understand the gl...
The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here . Just before the Supreme Court begi...
The First Amendment protects your right to take photos or videos of government agents in public spaces. The ever-expanding ability to instantly and accurately document everything, from the mundane to ...
What are your rights when it comes to protesting on a college campus? What forms of protest are protected? What is not? FIRE answers those questions and many more in our extensive library of legal exp...
Kevin Jairaj / Imagn Images Texas A&M defensive linemen celebrate during the first half against the Arkansas Razorbacks. It’s another all SEC matchup this week. No. 9 Missouri versus No. 25 Texas A&M,...
Crime is awful in Los Angeles. Good news, Los Angeles! District Attorney George Gascón’s reign should end in November. In the latest IGS Poll for The Los Angeles Times , challenger Nathan Hochman lead...
JACK GRUBER / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Ohio Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz shake hands to start their vice presidential debate on Oct. 1, 2024. The most pernicious misunderstandin...
WATCH VIDEO: This American is in German COURT for his TWEETS!!! An American writer living in Germany could face years in jail after being found guilty of disseminating propaganda for his satirical use...
Former University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow and wife Carmen Wilson attend a disciplinary hearing on June 19 On Friday, the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents took the unprecedent...
What is particularly alarming is Savannah Mandel’s call for “the inclusion of more social scientists” at NASA and elsewhere. My colleague Mike LaChance recently wrote about Savannah Mandel , a PhD can...
T. Schneider / Shutterstock.com Right now, many state and federal officials are looking for ways to regulate speech created with artificial intelligence tools. The Federal Communications Commission — ...
BALTIMORE, Sept. 26 2024 —The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Maryland, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, and the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University...
In this video, Nate Mowry interviews Pete Patterson from Cooper & Kirk. Pete will be arguing on behalf of the challengers in Garland v. VanDerStok , who are seeking to invalidate a 2022 rule by the Bu...
“When I went to [Washington] D.C., and started working in space policy and science writing, I saw how militarized space exploration was and how colonial the rhetoric was around it.” Yet another exampl...