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Is Northern Michigan University still targeting students who talk about mental health?

Northern Michigan University retaliated against a student who distributed a mental health survey to students. (Snehit Photo / Shutterstock.com) Following the suicide of a fellow Northern Michigan Univ...

2022-05-04

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Ira Glasser on corporate speech, the First Amendment, and Disney's criticism of Florida's anti-gay law; along with a reply to Neuborne and Chemerinsky — FAN 338

Ira Glasser The following commentary is by Ira Glasser , who served as the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union from 1978 to 2001. Robert Corn-Revere's recent analysis of the Disne...

2022-05-04

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Kentucky college pressures student group to cancel controversial ‘Ukraine on Fire’ documentary screening

Explosions in Ukraine's capital city of Kyiv on February 24, 2022. Berea College prohibited a student group from screening the documentary “Ukraine on Fire," which some view as pro-Russian propaganda,...

2022-05-04

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How the leak might have happened

Among the debates generated by the leak of Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion in Dobbs is whether the leaker was conservative or liberal. The leak will ultimately pale in importance to the court’s decisio...

2022-05-05

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Georgia improves upon free speech law by enacting FORUM Act

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed the FORUM Act into law after it cleared the state legislature. (Vadim Fedotov / Shutterstock.com) Today, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed House Bill 1 , also known as ...

2022-05-03

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FIRE opposes proposed DEIA regulations at California Community Colleges

FIRE sent a public comment to California Community Colleges opposing proposed policies which would add DEI criteria to the tenure review process. (Ringo Chiu / Shutterstock.com) On April 22, FIRE sent...

2022-05-03

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FIRE to NYU: Uphold your free speech promises and stop investigating anti-Zionist statement

NYU has announced an investigation into the campus chapter of Law Students for Justice in Palestine over a statement that criticized Israel as an "apartheid" state. (Katherine Welles / Shutterstock.co...

2022-04-29

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Ukraine Updates: Civilians Still Trapped in Mariupol, Nine Killed in Donetsk Region

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov started a war with words with Israel, saying Hitler was Jewish. Day 69 of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The evacuation of the steelworks plant in Mari...

2022-05-03

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Would censorship have stopped the rise of the Nazis? Part 16 of answers to arguments against free speech from Nadine Strossen and Greg Lukianoff

WATCH VIDEO: Would hate speech laws have stopped the Nazis? In May 2021, I published a list of “ Answers to 12 Bad Anti-Free Speech Arguments ” with our friends over at Areo . The great Nadine Strosse...

2022-04-27

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FIRE, PEN America, condemn new rule forcing some Mississippi universities to consider ‘collegiality’ in tenure review

FIRE and PEN America wrote the board of the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning today to object to a new rule that forces presidents at eight of the state’s public universities to consider vag...

2022-04-27

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SCOTUS declines to invalidate billboard law — Larry Tribe: 'SCOTUS made a mess of 1st Amendment law' — FAN 337

The Supreme Court building. (Steven Frame / Shutterstock.com) The case involved an Austin ordinance that classified signs differently depending on whether they had some connection to the site where th...

2022-04-27

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Roberts orders leak investigation as court confirms authenticity of draft opinion

The Supreme Court on Tuesday morning confirmed that a draft opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , published by Politico on Monday night , is authentic. In a press release , the cou...

2022-05-03

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New Violence Against Women Act reauthorization compromises due process in higher education

Earlier this year, Congress reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act with new provisions that impact due process on college and university campuses. (Shutterstock.com) On March 15, President Biden ...

2022-04-25

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Robert Corn-Revere, 'Punishing Disney for opposing Florida’s "Don’t Say Gay" law poses serious First Amendment problems' — FAN 336.1

Robert Corn-Revere First Amendment News invited Robert Corn-Revere , a noted First Amendment lawyer, to comment on the recent Florida legislation repealing Disney World’s special tax status. His comme...

2022-04-25

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Saint Vincent College president says he gets to pick all the speakers now

Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, where the school's president recently claimed authority to review invitations to all college-sponsored campus speakers. (woodsnorthphoto / Shutterstock....

2022-04-22

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Court has voted to overturn Roe, according to draft opinion published by Politico

The Supreme Court has voted to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey , according to a copy of an apparent draft opinion obtained by Politico . Obtained by reporters Josh Gerstein and Al...

2022-05-03

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FIRE calls on Florida public colleges to push back against unconstitutional ‘Stop WOKE Act’ provisions — and, if necessary, to ignore them

(Alexey Stiop / Shutterstock.com) PHILADELPHIA, April 22, 2022 — With Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ enactment of House Bill 7 into law today, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education is calling ...

2022-04-22

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Trend of racially segregated campus events is putting institutions on dangerous legal ground

With nearly 60 years having passed since the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Americans have the right to expect racial segregation — at least of the “official” variety — to be a thing of the past on our nat...

2022-04-22

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Oklahoma forms ‘Free Speech Committee’ to guard against campus censorship

Oklahoma has established a special committee that will monitor free speech policies at the state's public colleges and universities. (Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com) Earlier this week, Oklahoma Gov. K...

2022-04-22

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Draft opinion to overturn Roe becomes focus of Senate hearing on ethics reform

Just hours after the country learned from a leaked draft opinion that the justices have privately voted to overturn Roe v. Wade , a Senate Judiciary Committee panel met on Tuesday to discuss ethics re...

2022-05-03