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Does free speech ‘inevitably’ lead towards truth? Is the ‘Marketplace of Ideas’ a broken metaphor? Part 13 of answers to arguments against free speech from Nadine Strossen and Greg Lukianoff

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 Strossen — former president of the ACLU from 1991 to 2008, and one ...

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SUNY Brockport betrays First Amendment obligations, defunds controversial speaker

SUNY Brockport has defunded a speaking appearance by Jalil Muntaqim. (Matthew Yeoman Wikipedia.org) Following heated backlash from elected officials and the public, SUNY Brockport defunded an appearan...

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Indiana passes bill establishing protections for campus free speech in state law

Indiana State Capitol Building in Indianapolis. (Sean Pavone / Shutterstock.com) Earlier this week, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb signed House Bill 1190 into law after it unanimously passed the Indiana Ho...

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In Its Latest Attempt To Rig The System, The Left Targets GOP Lawyers

The left’s goal is to publicly shame lawyers who assisted in legal challenges to the 2020 presidential election and to deter legal talent from assisting in any future GOP election challenges. “The fir...

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SUNY Brockport must not heed calls to disinvite former Black Panther, convicted murderer

Jalil Muntaqim, a former Black Panther and Black Liberation Army member convicted of killing two police officers in the 1970s, has been invited to speak at SUNY Brockport. (Jalil Muntaqim / Facebook.c...

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80 years ago the Supreme Court introduced ‘Fighting Words’

Eighty years ago today — on March 9, 1942 — the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire that “ fighting words ” was a category of unprotected speech. The Court unanimously determined t...

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Here we go again: Newspaper theft rears its ugly head at Keene State as college refuses to intervene

Copies of the The Equinox student newspaper were stolen from newsstands around Keene State College, which refused to take action to stop the thefts. (Ken Gallager / Wikipedia.org) FIRE is no stranger ...

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Report: UK Paid Iran $530m in Ransom for the Release of Charity Worker Zaghari-Ratcliffe

UK SkyNews: “The exact details of the agreement are being kept confidential.” The British government reportedly paid $530 million for the release of a charity worker languishing in Iranian prison for ...

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LAWSUIT: A history professor advocated for removing Confederate statues. Then his college fired him.

Eli Mabli Photography MCKINNEY, Texas, Mar. 8, 2022 — Another day, another First Amendment lawsuit against Collin College. Today, history professor Michael Phillips sued Collin College, its president,...

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Phillips v. Collin Community College District: History Professor Fired for Talking About History, Criticizing the College’s COVID-19 Response

Collin College Search all Cases Related Cases: Burnett , Jones Phillips v. Collin College Complaint Michael Phillips was an award-winning history professor at Collin College in McKinney, Texas. As an...

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Special issue: Academic speech — Protected or perilous? Emerson Sykes, 'Academic freedom for whom?' — FAN 329.7

Emerson Sykes Today’s essay by American Civil Liberties Union Senior Staff Attorney Emerson Sykes is the seventh in the “ Academic Speech — Protected or Perilous? ” series. Links to the other essays i...

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Election Manipulation Unmasked: NY Times Finally Admits Hunter Biden Emails Were Authentic, Not ‘Russian Disinformation’

Prof. Jacobson: “Biden sold his VP office to enrich his family, it was the biggest story of the 2020 election, and the media, big tech, and Biden lied about it and covered it up – it made a difference...

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Florida lawmakers are about to cross an unconstitutional line. They must amend HB7.

FIRE urges the Florida state Senate to amend House Bill 7 to make clear that the bill’s prohibitions on teaching race and sex do not apply to public colleges and universities. (KMH Photovideo / Shutte...

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Wandering in the Garcetti desert: FIRE files brief urging the Supreme Court to protect academic freedom

Bob Korn / Shutterstock.com FIRE filed an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to clarify that limitations to public employee speech put in place after Garcetti v. Ceballos (2006) do not apply to uni...

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One size doesn’t fit all: FIRE files amicus brief to challenge expansive grants of qualified immunity to university officials

Library of Congress / Wikipedia.org Potter Stewart Courthouse in Cincinnati, Ohio, where the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit will rule on Shehata v. Blackwell . FIRE filed an amicus brief ...

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Reports: Biden Admin Considers Removing Iran’s Revolutionary Guards From Terrorism List To Get Nuke Deal

President Biden’s restoration of the 2015 nuke deal will prove to be a big boost to Iran-sponsored international terrorism. Days after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired missiles ai...

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Special issue: Academic speech — Protected or perilous? John K. Wilson, 'How suspensions violate academic freedom' — FAN 329.5

John K. Wilson Today's essay by John K. Wilson is the fifth in the “ Academic Speech — Protected or Perilous? ” series. Yesterday's essay was by Ira Glasser and is titled " Social Justice Requires Fre...

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Spotlight on student press freedom: FIRE’s recent cases and the state of student journalism

Each year, on Student Press Freedom Day, we celebrate the work of student journalists and support their right to freely explore the realities of college life beyond the admissions brochure. Yesterday ...

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Special issue: Academic speech — Protected or perilous? Nadine Strossen, “Some thoughts about university officials’ ‘counter-speech’” — FAN 329.2

This is the second installment in FAN's " Academic Speech — Protected or Perilous? " series. Yesterday, we posted Dean Erwin Chemerinsky's essay, “ The Role of Deans and Administrators in Dealing with...

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‘Unforgivable’: Russia Hits Back After Biden Calls Putin a War Criminal

Russia continued its destruction of Mariupol, hitting a the famous Drama Theater. Fox News reporter Jacqui Heinrich asked if Biden considers Putin a war criminal. He said no, but it seemed to take him...

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