Law, Courts & Regulations
The second edition of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression’s National Speech Index, released today , finds that both liberals and conservatives are concerned about the future of freedom...
PHILADELPHIA, May 8, 2024 — A new poll from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression finds that no matter which major candidate wins the 2024 presidential election, Americans are fearful ab...
Imagine asking police officers questions about local news — only to have them throw you in jail for it. Or envision yourself surrounded by police at your home simply because you posted an obvious joke...
Dissenting EEOC Commissioner: Women’s sex-based rights in the workplace are under attack—and from the EEOC, the very federal agency charged with protecting women from sexual harassment and sex-based d...
Ricardo B. Brazziell / American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK Police lines and protesters meet at the University of Texas Austin campus on April 24. Student journalists across the country have been un...
To ensure students have equal access to educational opportunities, all schools covered by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act — public and private — are required to investigate and prohibit anti-Semitic ...
Yannick Peterhans / USA TODAY The Gaza Solidarity Encampment at UCLA on May 1, 2024. As several members of Columbia’s leadership prepared to testify before a congressional committee on anti-Semitism o...
The decision delays Trump’s Georgia case. The Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia will review the decision allowing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to stay on former President Donald ...
Jay Janner / American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK Pro-Palestinian protesters march at the University of Texas on Monday April 29, 2024. Universities across the country are experiencing levels of stu...
Jay Janner / American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK Students watch and participate in a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Texas on April 24, 2024. Against the backdrop of the war in Gaza, c...
Search all Cases On April 26, 2024, Twin Ridge Elementary School in Mt. Airy, Maryland sent an email to staff stating that students and staff were required to participate in the Pledge of Allegiance. ...
NYC Public Health Advisory concerned about another summertime surge, as well as the more severe strain being reported in the Congo. Reviewing the monkeypox coverage we have shared, I noted that the Ce...
Ricardo B. Brazziell / American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK Protestor being arrested by state police at the University of Texas at Austin on April 24, 2024. Today, FIRE sent a letter to Jay Hartzell...
Paul Brady Photography / Shutterstock.com In a victory for students, faculty, and applicants of Kansas public institutions of higher education, House Bill 2105 will become law on July 1. The law will ...
Ricardo B. Brazziell / Austin American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK Texas State Police arrested more than 40 people yesterday at the University of Texas Austin. Student protest is a proud democratic ...
“Young black kids growing up in the Bronx, who don’t even know what the word a computer is, they don’t know. They don’t know these things.” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, told The New York Po...
Luca Perra / Shutterstock.com President Joseph R. Biden President Biden today signed legislation that kickstarts a process to ban TikTok and empowers the president to block other communications platfo...
RUSTON, La., April 24, 2024 — Louisiana Tech University is the latest school to receive a “green light” rating from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. Green light ratings are reserve...
Last month, 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 g...
Hamas rocket barrage launched from Rafah hit a main crossing point for hunanitarian aid, injuring several Israelis, as Biden administration increases pressure to prevent Israeli invasion of the last H...