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Callin' Baton Rouge: New Louisiana laws protect student free speech and due process rights

BATON ROUGE, La., June 27, 2022 — Today, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards signed into law HB 185 , a bill that codifies important free speech protections for public college students in the state. This ...

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American University launches bogus harassment investigation into students who criticized leaked Supreme Court abortion ruling in private group chat

Washington, D.C., June 24, 2022 — Eight law students at American University are under investigation for participating in a heated back-and-forth following the leak of the Dobbs v. Jackson draft opinio...

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Proposed Title IX regulations would roll back essential free speech, due process protections for college students

WASHINGTON, June 23, 2022 — Today, the Department of Education proposed new Title IX regulations that, if implemented, would gut essential free speech and due process rights for college students facin...

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Cherry-picked history and ideology-driven outcomes: Bruen‘s originalist distortions

This article is part of a symposium on the court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen . Saul Cornell is the Paul and Diane Guenther chair in American history at Fordham Uni...

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Chancellor’s defense of proposed California Community Colleges DEIA regulations falls short

FIRE opposes a policy proposal at California Community Colleges that would include diversity, equity, and inclusion requirements in faculty evaluation and tenure review. (Shutterstock.com) Over the pa...

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Second Circuit holds Ivy League school owed faculty member due process protections

In a victory for faculty rights, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rules that private colleges and universities must provide faculty with due process rights. (Elbud / Shutterstock.com) ...

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You can’t make me unblock you because I quit (Twitter)

FIRE wrote the San Diego Community College District to explain that public officials should not block the general public from viewing or interacting with their tweets. (Khak / Shutterstock.com) Last T...

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A minor impact on gun laws but a potentially momentous shift in constitutional method

This article is part of a symposium on the court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen . Randy E. Barnett is the Patrick Hotung professor of constitutional law at the George...

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San Diego Community College District chancellor blocks faculty critic on Twitter for complaining about Alice Walker speaking invitation

After San Diego Community College announced that author and activist Alice Walker (pictured) would speak at the college, a professor criticized the decision on social media. Then the school's chancell...

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From Berkeley to Haverford: Have we forgotten the progressive history of free speech on college campuses?

Haverford students participate in a protest against the war in Vietnam. (Haverford College Quaker and Special Collections / Author Unknown) In the 1960s, students at the University of California, Berk...

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FIRE to Hood College: You can’t fire faculty for backlash to their political views

A Hood College professor was fired for posting a video to social media calling conservatives "the enemy." (Aaron Heiner / Hood.edu) Today, FIRE wrote Hood College based on reports that the school fire...

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Justices side with high school football coach who prayed on the field with students

This article was updated on June 27 at 1:59 p.m. The Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of a high school football coach who lost his job because of his post-game prayers at the 50-yard line. By a ...

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Summer & fall picks: New & forthcoming books on free speech — FAN 344

Back in September 2020, First Amendment News profiled a variety of then-new and forthcoming books related to free expression. We did so again in July of 2021. In that spirit, we are happy to announce ...

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VICTORY: Northern Michigan University drops charges against student for circulating mental health survey

Northern Michigan University suspended student Dominick Dotson after he asked students to complete a survey about the quality of mental health resources on campus. (Snehit Photo / Shutterstock.com) No...

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Records undermine SUNY Brockport’s justifications for censoring Jalil Muntaqim event

Jalil Muntaqim, a former Black Panther and Black Liberation Army member convicted of killing two police officers in the 1970s, had been invited to speak on campus at SUNY Brockport, but administrators...

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Supreme Court overturns constitutional right to abortion

This article was updated on June 24 at 3:11 p.m. The Supreme Court on Friday eliminated the constitutional right to obtain an abortion, casting aside 49 years of precedent that began with Roe v. Wade ...

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In major victory, Colorado court finds that accused students at private universities are entitled to fair hearings

The Colorado Court of Appeals determined that University of Denver “had a duty to adopt fair procedures and to implement those procedures with reasonable care." (Postmodern Studio / Shutterstock.com) ...

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Soka professor unjustly punished for ‘triggering’ students with readings on ‘Writing the Body’ gets split decision from faculty committee of just two

Professor Aneil Rallin (Photo courtesy of Aneil Rallin) Amid a controversy last month over whether popular writing professor Aneil Rallin’s sex-related reading assignments were too “triggering” to tea...

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FIRE spreads: Group extends its reach beyond college campuses — FAN 343

Free speech has always needed defenders (simply consider Jacob Mchangama's " Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media "). In the United States, groups were formed to protect the Madisonian...

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The Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade

On Friday, June 24, the court ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion. Amy talks with abortion law scholar Mary Ziegler, profess...

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