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WATCH: ‘You’ve got to let her speak!’ Michigan residents sue after mayor’s temper tantrum shuts down public criticism

Watch as Eastpointe Mayor Monique Owens attempts to shut down public comment during a city council meeting. On the evening of Sept. 6, residents of Eastpointe, Mich., attended a city council meeting h...

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FIRE sues Michigan mayor who abused power, shouted down constituents at city council meeting

Eastpointe, Michigan, Mayor Monique Owens DETROIT, Nov. 10, 2022 — “Mom, What’s a Mayor?” Monique Owens, mayor of Eastpointe, Mich., recently published a children’s book with that question as its titl...

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FIRE co-founder Harvey Silverglate runs for Harvard Board of Overseers on free expression platform

FIRE co-founder Harvey Silverglate. FIRE co-founder Harvey Silverglate is a criminal defense and civil liberties lawyer and a fierce defender of free speech. Now, he is running for the Harvard Board o...

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Hochul Still Dismisses NYC Crime Concerns, Claims Zeldin is ‘Hyperventilating, Trying to Scare People’

“He has been hyperventilating, trying to scare people for months, and New Yorkers are on to it. All the legitimate media organizations have called him out for what he’s doing — fearmongering.” New Yor...

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Hall-Rayford v. City of Eastpointe: Michigan Mayor Censors the Public at a Public Hearing

Search all Cases HALL-RAYFORD V. CITY OF EASTPOINTE COMPLAINT If you are a resident of Eastpointe, Michigan, who peacefully criticizes the mayor during the city council’s “hearing of the public,” the...

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Survey shows majority of college students feel ‘intimidated’ to share opinion, unlikely to disagree with professor

When Chief Justice Earl Warren expounded on the symbiotic relationship between academic freedom and democratic ideals in the renowned majority opinion for Sweezy v. New Hampshire , he said, “Scholarsh...

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Due process on campus is grim, and it may get even worse, according to new FIRE report

FIRE’s fifth annual Spotlight on Campus Due Process report comes at a critical juncture for student due process rights. The Department of Education, at the direction of the Biden administration, is co...

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Iran Admits Supplying Military Drones to Russia

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy: “We shoot down at least 10 Iranian drones every day and the Iranian regime claims that it allegedly gave little. And even before the start of the full-scale invasion.” A...

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Emporia State guts tenure protections, fires 33 professors including one who publicly criticized new policy

Rafael Garcia/The Topeka Capital-Journal / USA Today Network Speaking before the Kansas Board of Regents, Emporia State University President Ken Hush defends plans to dramatically restructure operatio...

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‘The foundation of intellectual discovery’: The role of academic freedom in civil society

Academic freedom refers to the ability of educational institutions, professors, and other scholars to pursue knowledge without unreasonable interference from the government or, in the case of individu...

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Arguments for freedom: The many reasons why free speech is essential

“The matrix, the indispensable condition, of nearly every other freedom”— that’s how Justice Benjamin Cardozo referred to freedom of speech. This eminent Justice is far from alone in his assessment of...

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MSNBC Anchor Calls Out NY Gov. Hochul on Crime, Simultaneously Swipes CA Gov. Newsom

“People don’t feel safe in this town . . . we’re worried we could be San Francisco” Democrats are becoming increasingly upset about the potential to lose power across a range of federal, state, and lo...

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From Milton to The New York Times: How the free press shaped the free world

Jared Nally, former editor-in-chief of The Indian Leader, the award-winning student publication at Haskell Indian Nations University, was forbidden from engaging in routine newsgathering activities. H...

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How due process ensures fairness and protects from governmental overreach

NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom knows the cost of censorship. When he started speaking out against the government of his native Turkey, Turkish officials put his dad in jail, revoked his passport, and fo...

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Due Process on College Campuses

The college you attend holds a tremendous amount of power over your life. Administrators’ choice of whether to grant you a degree, or whether to place a mark on your transcript saying that you have co...

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“Death to America!”: Iran Holds State-Sponsored Rallies to “Celebrate” 1979 U.S. Embassy Seizure Amid Mounting Anti-Regime Protests

“In every school, students are REQUIRED by the regime to take part. Regime supporters burn US flags and chant “death to America”.” The Iranian regime staged anti-American rallies in capital city Tehra...

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