Law, Courts & Regulations
A week after the Israel-Hamas war broke out, Michael Eisen, editor-in-chief of the scientific journal eLife, took to X to post an article from the satirical newspaper The Onion bearing the headline, “...
Sophia Zengierski / Shutterstock.com “Ben on The Bench” sculpture of Ben Franklin reading the Pennsylvania Gazette on the University of Pennsylvania campus. Faculty members at the University of Pennsy...
DCStockPhotography / Shutterstock.com UPDATED (Dec. 14, 2023): House Resolution 927 passed 303-126, with 3 members voting present and 2 members not voting. The resolution required a two-thirds vote to...
We didn’t just warn about the pernicious and corrosive effects of CRT and DEI that now are exploding on campuses. We documented the threat more deeply than anyone else. With facts and data. We have be...
Morgan Patten Two signs posted to the door of a graduate student's studio art space in the fine arts program at Brooklyn College. College administrators may understandably fear disruption from the ran...
lev radin / Shutterstock.com New York Gov. Kathy Hochul Yesterday, New York State Gov. Kathy Hochul sent a letter warning the presidents of colleges and universities in New York that failing to discip...
Michal Urbanek / Shutterstock.com It only took a day for the University of Pennsylvania’s president Liz Magill to threaten to abandon her university’s commitment — already hanging by a thread — to aca...
Shortly after the announcement, CDC pushed states to increase vaccination rates amid rising respiratory virus activity. Stock prices for the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer fell after the company issued 2...
Josh Morgan / USA TODAY University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill (center) testifies at the House Committee on Education & the Workforce hearing on anti-Semitism on college campuses in Washingto...
Josh Morgan / USA TODAY Harvard University President Claudine Gay (left) and University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill (right) testify on Dec. 5, 2023, at the House Committee on Education & the ...
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 6, 2023 — According to a new survey of 2,007 undergraduates by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression and College Pulse, more than a million American students may have...
Rep. Elise Stefanik: “It is unacceptable and un-American that any taxpayer dollars are going to universities propping up their promulgation of antisemitism by supporting professors, students and staff...
Search all Cases Free speech online is under threat, and that is particularly true on social media platforms like X (the company formerly known as Twitter), Facebook, and Instagram. Responding to the ...
Shutterstock.com The First Amendment prohibits the government from censoring protected speech. But can the government outsource censorship to private booksellers? Nope. The First Amendment prohibits t...
Jack Gruber / USA TODAY NETWORK Supporters of Israel rally during the March for Israel in Washington on the National Mall on Nov. 14, 2023. Earlier this month, the U.S. House of Representatives passed...
Why won’t the Supreme Court hear cases challenging surveillance under Section 702? The oath one takes when sworn into Congress (emphasis mine): I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and ...
Teaneck Board of Education Vice President Victoria Fisher (left) cuts off a person from speaking during the public comment period of the Oct. 18, 2023 meeting of the Teaneck Board of Education. Hamas’...
Search all Cases At an October 18 Teaneck Public Schools Board of Education meeting, members of the board restricted public comments about the superintendent’s statement on Hamas’s October 7 attack on...
sdx15 via Shutterstock X’s lawsuit against Media Matters for America, a media watchdog non-profit, complains about the “impression” a recent Media Matters report conveyed about X’s advertisers and use...
This announcement comes a couple weeks after a San Diego resident died of the disease. Late last month, I reported that public health officials warned the public to be aware of tickborne illnesses aft...