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University of Southern California relegates professor to remote teaching for expressing anti-Hamas sentiments

via Annenberg Media WATCH: Booted from the classroom for calling Hamas “murderers”? The University of Southern California has barred economics professor John Strauss from teaching on campus for the re...

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Hey Nikki Haley: Hands off our anonymous online speech

Aaron of L.A. Photography / Shutterstock.com Former Governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley at the 2024 Republican Presidential debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Aug. 23, 2023. ANONYMOUS EDITOR’S UPDA...

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Rockland Community College suspends student for pro-Palestinian advocacy

Brian Logan Photography via Shutterstock Rockland Community College campus building In the wake of widespread student protests on our nation’s campuses surrounding the conflict in the Middle East, uni...

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U.S., UK Aiming to Triple Nuclear Power by 2050, Recognizing its Reliability and Efficiency

The move is being ahead of the COP28 meeting of climate cultists. Furthermore, Sweden and Sri Lanka are among the countries looking to nuclear energy options. The 2023 UN Climate Change Conference wi...

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Department of Education’s newest ‘Dear Colleague’ letter relies on unconstitutional standards, but offers some promise

T. Schneider / Shutterstock.com This week, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights published a “Dear Colleague” letter to educational institutions accepting federal funds reminding ...

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Key lessons from landmark Tinker ruling still resonate today

ACLU Mary Beth and John Tinker display their black armbands in 1968. In 1965, several students attending public schools in the Des Moines Independent Community School District planned to wear black ar...

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Free speech promises be damned, Brandeis bans Students for Justice in Palestine

JHVEPhoto / Shutterstock.com The Brandeis University chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine is no more. The chapter was notified yesterday that, due to comments made by the national organization...

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CRT and ESG Go Hand-in-Hand at Top Business Schools, CriticalRace.org Study Shows

CriticalRace.org rolls out new database of Top 10 Ranked U.S. Business Schools: “It is no surprise that ESG goes hand-in-hand with CRT at business schools. While the two doctrines are distinct, each s...

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New president, same old student press struggles at L.A. City College

Los Angeles City College may have recently ushered in a new college president , but one thing remains unchanged: its disregard for the rights of the student press. Between kicking student journalists ...

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Pike County Sheriff’s Office: Police Neglect to Return Journalist’s Seized Property After Dismissal of Unconstitutional “Wiretapping” Charge

Search all Cases In November 2022, the Pike County Sheriff’s Office in Ohio arrested newspaper editor Derek Myers and seized his laptop and cell phone after he published audio of courtroom testimony t...

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As campuses reel, a reminder of the First Amendment’s boundaries

Seth Harrison / The Journal News / USA TODAY NETWORK A Columbia University student takes part in a protest inside the school gates in New York City. The First Amendment protects a vast range of speech...

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San Francisco Rushes to Hide Homeless, Scrub Away Poop, and Plant Trees Ahead of Biden/Xi Visit

“I know folks are saying, ‘Oh they’re just cleaning up this place because all those fancy leaders are coming to town.’ That’s true because it’s true, but it’s also true for months and months and month...

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University of Tulsa

Tulsa, Oklahoma Search all Schools University of Tulsa has been given the speech code rating Green. Green light institutions are those colleges and universities whose policies nominally protect free s...

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Does the First Amendment allow public officials to ‘block’ their critics online? The Supreme Court will soon decide.

Imagine standing up to speak at a city council meeting only to be told by the mayor, “Sorry, I’ve blocked you. Please sit down.” That would be absurd. But it’s exactly how politicians around the count...

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Lindsie Rank

As Director of Campus Rights Advocacy at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, Lindsie Rank leads a team of attorneys and advocates defending students and faculty from censorship. A Fir...

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Sam Bankman-Fried Guilty on All Charges

He couldn’t talk his way out of this one. Sam Bankman-Fried has been found guilty on all seven charges in connection with the crypto fraud at FTX. It really wasn’t that complicated a case. It was an o...

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Eastern Kentucky says RAs can’t be trusted with First Amendment rights

Shutterstock.com At Eastern Kentucky University, resident advisers are prohibited from speaking to reporters — no matter the subject of their interviews, no matter the perspective they share. EKU’s re...

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Tear down censorship, not posters

JENNIFER LETT / THE PALM BEACH POST / USA TODAY NETWORK Shay Zaidenberg shows flyers of kidnapped Israelis on the Great Lawn in West Palm Beach, Florida. Amid the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Is...

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Statement on orders to Florida public universities to derecognize Students for Justice in Palestine

rarrarorro / Shutterstock.com The government cannot force public colleges to derecognize Students for Justice in Palestine chapters. That's just what State University System of Florida Chancellor Ray ...

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom Gets Rave Review From China

Newsom opens his visit to China by saying his state will always be partner on climate change. I suspect China’s plans for climate change are drastically different than the governor’s. The last time I ...

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