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D.A. v. Tri County Area Schools: School District Forces Students to Remove “Let’s Go Brandon” Sweatshirts

Search all Cases Complaint - D.A. v. Tri County Area Schools Petition for Writ of Certiorari - D.A. v. Tri County Area Schools Michigan’s Tri County Area School District does not like when students ex...

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Students sue after Michigan school district forces them to remove ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ sweatshirts

WATCH: Hey Michigan! Political speech in school is still protected speech HOWARD CITY, Mich., April 25, 2023 — Let’s go, lawsuit. Today, two students represented by the Foundation for Individual Right...

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Loyola New Orleans drops misconduct charges against student journalist disciplined for routine newsgathering

amadeustx / Shutterstock.com Student journalist Kloe Witt’s name has been cleared after Loyola University New Orleans said it would no longer punish the campus newspaper’s breaking news editor for rou...

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CDC Warns U.S. at Risk for Monkeypox Surge Even Worse Than the One in 2022

The analysis of last year’s numbers is leading the CDC to call for equity-based medical service strategies, despite the very low level of fatality associated with the infection. The last time I report...

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Is the sun setting on free expression and academic freedom in Florida?

Four years ago Florida Governor Ron DeSantis asked his state’s colleges and universities to adopt a free speech resolution akin to the “ Chicago Statement .” At the time FIRE applauded the announcemen...

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COUNTERMAN v. COLORADO

No. 22–138 (2023) Search all Supreme Court Cases Search all Supreme Court Cases Whether, to establish that a statement is a “true threat” unprotected by the First Amendment, the government ...

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Eastern Kentucky University latest campus to bar employees from speaking to journalists

Shutterstock.com You’re probably getting tired of reading about universities violating the First Amendment by prohibiting RAs and other employees from speaking to the media. I assure you we’re getting...

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Professor Jacobson on CRT in Veterinary Schools: ‘It’s Just an Ideological Power Play’

“If veterinary schools think they are advancing racial justice by embedding racial group identity politics into training, they are barking up the wrong tree” Professor Jacobson and Legal Insurrection ...

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VICTORY: Stanford adopts FIRE recommendation, will no longer notify students accused of engaging in protected speech

Shutterstock.com Student checks notifications on her mobile phone on the Stanford University campus. Thanks for Stanford's recent updates to its Protected Identity Harm reporting system, students, who...

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Moms for Liberty v. Brevard Public Schools

Search all Cases Across the country, elected officials are increasingly enforcing so-called “decorum” policies in public meetings to silence criticism from concerned citizens. That’s exactly what happ...

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Harvard faculty form Council on Academic Freedom, pledge to defend free inquiry, intellectual diversity, and civil discourse

On Wednesday, Harvard professors Steven Pinker and Bertha Madras announced in The Boston Globe the formation of a new faculty-led council to defend academic freedom at Harvard. Describing the council,...

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‘I am Stunned’: Don Lemon Said CNN Fired Him

Lemon said he was fired. CNN said they parted ways. First, Tucker Carlson at FOX News. Now Don Lemon is out at CNN. This one is not a surprise, though. Lemon said he was fired. pic.twitter.com/8PyLqvS...

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Problematic amendments to Texas budget fail, but troubling language remains

Shutterstock.com Last week, we wrote about proposed amendments to Texas HB 1 , the proposed budget for the state, which, if enacted, would have been unconstitutional. Thankfully, the amendments to whi...

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University of New Mexico reportedly imposes high security fee on pro-life student group for planned campus event

Kit Leong via Shutterstock University of New Mexico FIRE warned the University of New Mexico in 2017 about imposing exorbitant event security fees on student groups. It’s flatly unconstitutional. But ...

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Twitter is no free speech haven under Elon Musk

Rokas Tenys via Shutterstock Hopes were high for many proponents of free expression when Elon Musk purchased Twitter back in October 2022. A self-proclaimed “ free speech absolutist ,” Musk was seen a...

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Our Op-Ed in NY Post: DEI has gone to the dogs

Our findings from our newest CriticalRace.org database: “DEI is rapidly taking over not just academia in general but even the training of Fido’s veterinarian.” Our latest database has been unveiled at...

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Déjà vu: San Francisco State University threatens academic freedom, investigates professor for showing Prophet Muhammad image in history class

Kit Leong / Shutterstock.com San Francisco State University is investigating history professor Maziar Behrooz for showing a drawing of the Prophet Muhammad while teaching a lesson on the history of th...

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