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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 court’s end-of-term workload: A historical perspective

Close followers of the Supreme Court have puzzled in recent days over what commentators have described as the slow pace of issuing decisions as the justices head into the final weeks of the term. It i...

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Ilya Shapiro resigns from Georgetown following reinstatement after 122-day investigation of tweets

(Shutterstock.com) After a more than four-month investigation that led to his reinstatement last week, Ilya Shapiro resigned today from Georgetown University Law Center. On June 2, Shapiro was reinsta...

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FIRE announces $75 million expansion into off-campus free speech advocacy, defense

PHILADELPHIA, June 6, 2022 — Today, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education becomes the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression . America’s leading defender of free speech, due proce...

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Late amendment to Arizona bill targets academic freedom in teacher preparation programs

Shutterstock.com In a concerning development in Arizona involving a bill that already passed the state Senate, the state’s House of Representatives added an amendment to include unconstitutional langu...

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Justices earned extra money from books and teaching in 2021, disclosures show

Justice Amy Coney Barrett received $425,000 last year as part of a book deal reportedly worth $2 million, while Justice Neil Gorsuch received just over $250,000 in book royalties. The news came in fin...

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FIRE alerts Saint Vincent College’s accreditor to compliance violation after college president vows to personally approve all speaker invitations

FIRE submitted a formal complaint to the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, Saint Vincent College’s accreditor, to express concerns the school's new speaker policy contravenes the commissio...

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FINALLY: Georgetown reinstates Ilya Shapiro following unwarranted 122-day investigation into protected political speech

(Shutterstock.com) Today, Georgetown University Law Center finally reinstated Ilya Shapiro as the senior lecturer and executive director for the Georgetown Center for the Constitution after a 122-day ...

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FIRE releases statement on the use of ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ criteria in faculty hiring and evaluation

FIRE is concerned by the proliferation of college and university policies requiring faculty applicants or current faculty to demonstrate their commitment to “diversity, equity, and inclusion,” often t...

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California man arrested near Kavanaugh’s home, charged with attempted murder of justice

This article was updated on June 8 at 3:29 p.m. A California man was charged with attempted murder of a Supreme Court justice after he was arrested early Wednesday morning near the Maryland home of Ju...

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David Cole: 'I drafted our case selection guidelines precisely to reaffirm [the ACLU's] commitment to free speech, not to abandon it' — FAN 342

ACLU National Legal Director David Cole (ACLU) David Cole is a familiar name to those in the First Amendment community. He has litigated several First Amendment cases in the Supreme Court, including T...

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A tale of two pretexts: Sham investigations silence professors at Central Florida and Princeton

Matthew Kaiser / Shutterstock.com On May 16, an arbitrator ordered the University of Central Florida to reinstate psychology professor Charles Negy, who was fired in January 2021 over tweets that were...

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Flying Dog Brewery prevails again: First Amendment victory over North Carolina Alcoholic Board — FAN 341

Jim Caruso (CEO Flying Dog Brewery) “There are many prestigious frontline organizations that devote their full-time energy and resources to defending, protecting, and advocating for the First Amendmen...

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UN Says Iran Not Giving ‘Credible’ Answers on Uranium Found at Undeclared Sites

UN atomic watchdog IAEA: Iran has “not provided explanations that are technically credible in relation to the Agency’s findings at three undeclared locations.” While President Joe Biden continues to m...

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Silencing the boo birds: University of Hartford improperly threatened student-athletes over ‘disruptive’ graduation expression

At FIRE, we see a lot of thinly-veiled threats toward student speech. The University of Hartford’s recent warning to student-athletes and their coaches, however, left no doubt of the consequences shou...

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