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Broad coalition supports FIRE’s challenge to New York’s online hate speech law before Second Circuit

Shutterstock.com For the most part, the American Civil Liberties Union, Young Americans for Freedom, and the Babylon Bee don’t see eye to eye. But last week these three organizations, along with 10 ot...

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K–12 expression and the First Amendment

In four landmark cases, the Supreme Court of the United States has provided a general outline of the First Amendment rights of high school students. By David L. Hudson, Jr., Associate Professor of Law...

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Supporting diversity on campus requires reining in restrictive DEI programs

This op-ed originally appeared in the Washington Examiner on Sept. 28, 2023. Higher education is the key to upward mobility. Fostering a welcoming, discrimination-free environment in our colleges and ...

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Hamas Goal In Capturing Jewish Women, Children, and Babies Was To “Dirty Them, To Rape Them”, Admits Terrorist

Mass rape has been a key part of the terror of Hamas, just like ISIS, even the children and babies were to be raped. The savagery of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists has included mass rape. That...

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NEW: FIRE defends Idaho conservation officer sued for criticizing wealthy ranch owner’s airstrip permit

Gary Gadwa at his home in Stanley, Idaho. BOISE, Idaho, Oct. 2, 2023 — The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression is defending a lifelong Idaho conservation officer at the Idaho Supreme Court...

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The new Red Scare taking over America's college campuses

This op-ed originally appeared in the Washington Examiner on Sept. 25, 2023. From 1947 to 1957, the second Red Scare descended on America. It is most commonly estimated that around 100 college profess...

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Boren v. Gadwa: FIRE Defends Idaho Firewatcher Against SLAPP

Search all Cases Boren v. Gadwa - Joint Brief of Defendants Respondents American democracy is built upon the idea that “debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust, and wide-open.” But rathe...

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Preemption of consumer protection laws, bankruptcy claims, COVID mandates and … Chevron deference again?

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 . After the big October 6 conference...

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In wake of Robert George event shoutdown, Washington College vows to improve response to disruptive protests

George Sheldon / Shutterstock.com Princeton professor Robert George was unable to speak at an event at Washington College because of protesters. There is a significant difference between peaceful, non...

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VICTORY: Ashland abandons demand for prior review of student newspaper, recommits to expressive freedom after FIRE’s intervention

TOM E. PUSKAR / ASHLAND TIMES-GAZETTE / USA Today Ashland University’s recent ousting of student newspaper adviser and journalism instructor Ted Daniels amid administrative criticism that he taught “ ...

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Pronouns, free speech, and the First Amendment

The refusal to use an individual’s stated pronouns may cause offense or discomfort. But this alone does not bring it outside the First Amendment’s protection. Some public universities and other govern...

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Hamas Savagery Worse Than ISIS – Reports of Mass Rapes, Abusing and Beheading Bodies of Israeli Soldiers

“Several of these rape victims appear to have been later executed. Others were taken to Gaza. In photographs released online, you can see several paraded through the city’s streets, blood gushing from...

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Fellowship of Christian Athletes scores big Ninth Circuit win for religious liberty and freedom of association

Jordan Kartholl / The Star Press / USA TODAY NETWORK Hundreds attended the 2021 Fellowship of Christian Athletes "Fields of Faith" event at the Muncie Central High School football stadium in Muncie, I...

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Animal rights advocates sue after facing ongoing censorship and arrest for peaceful advocacy in Houston public park

Saturn Photography WATCH: Faraz Harsini (left) and Daraius Dubash (right) are suing the City of Houston for First Amendment violations. HOUSTON, Sept. 21, 2023 — The City of Houston can’t pick and cho...

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FIRE reminds Ninth Circuit that teachers have free speech rights, too

Michael Vi / Shutterstock.com Entrance to the James R. Browning U.S. Court of Appeals Building in San Francisco, California, which houses the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Few people ha...

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Death Toll in Israel From Hamas Murder, Torture, Kidnapping, and Rape Attack Passes 700, Over 2000 Wounded (Updates)

Hamas thanks Iran for ‘weapons, money and equipment’ for attack, as Hezbollah heats up northern border with rocket attack. As Israeli military and security forces expunge southern Israel from Hamas te...

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Dubash v. City of Houston, et al.: The First Amendment protects expression in a public park — no matter who manages it.

Search all Cases Complaint In America, public parks and sidewalks are quintessential places for free expression. That’s why the First Amendment so strongly protects speech in both. And that’s why gove...

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Ashland University dismisses newspaper adviser as administrators complain that student reporters did ‘too much investigative journalism’

TOM E. PUSKAR / ASHLAND TIMES-GAZETTE / USA TODAY NETWORK Ashland University’s student newspaper The Collegian found itself stripped of its beloved adviser on Aug. 21, when Ted Daniels received offici...

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UPDATE: Another federal appeals court recognizes academic exception to restrictions on the First Amendment rights of public employees

elbud / Shutterstock.com The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit located at the Thurgood Marshall Courthouse in New York City. Last month, the United States Court of Appeals for the ...

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Updates: Over 200 Israelis Killed, Bodies Paraded To Cheering ‘Civilians’ in Gaza, Dozens Abducted

Groups of Israeli women and children captured in Hamas cross-border invasion, brought to Gaza As Israeli military and security forces repel Hamas’s cross-border terror offensive and subdue the remaini...

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