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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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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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Is She Running? Clinton Global Initiative To Reconvene In September, Just Ahead Of Midterms

She’s baaaack. The Clintons have resurrected from the ashes of the Clinton Foundation their Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). The Clinton Foundation , you may recall, suffered immeasurably amid a flurr...

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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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On Student Press Freedom Day, FIRE report shows majority of student newspapers face administrative censorship

If you’ve been following FIRE's Newsdesk this week , you already know that today is Student Press Freedom Day . At FIRE, we celebrate and defend freedom of the press on college campuses every day of t...

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VICTORY: Three months after rejecting pro-Israel club, Duke student senate grants Students Supporting Israel recognition

Vaulted stone ceilings at Duke University Chapel. (John Couture / Shutterstock.com) More than three months after rejecting a pro-Israel club’s recognition, yesterday Duke University’s student senate u...

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As Biden Fiddles, Top Russian Negotiator Says Iran Nuclear Deal Close

Biden’s embarrassing concessions may include lifting of all sanctions on Iran, removing IRGC from terror list. While President Joe Biden’s administration is apparently keeping the details of the new I...

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Under Pressure: The Warning Signs of Student Press Censorship

In his concurring opinion in the 1971 Supreme Court decision for New York Times Co. v. United States , Justice Hugo Black wrote that purpose of the press is “to serve the governed, not the governors.”...

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As FIRE launches student press initiative, student journalists continue to face censorship around every corner

In 2019, FIRE published “Under Pressure: The Warning Signs of Student Press Censorship,” a report highlighting our advocacy for student journalists’ rights and identifying threats they face, including...

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Special issue: Academic speech — Protected or perilous? Erwin Chemerinsky, 'The role of deans and administrators in dealing with offensive speech' — FAN 329.1

This essay, by Dean Erwin Chemerinsky , is the first in the " Academic Speech — Protected or Perilous?" series . Tomorrow's essay is by professor Nadine Strossen . — rklc Although hateful and hurtful...

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In opioids “pill mill” case, justices grapple with physician intent

For nearly 90 minutes on Tuesday, the court grappled with the question of whether good faith is a defense for doctors criminally prosecuted for unlawful distribution of controlled substances. The cour...

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Former student journalists on FIRE’s staff talk about their experiences wielding the power of the written word: Part 2

This week, in recognition of Student Press Freedom Day on Thursday, Feb. 24, FIRE will be celebrating all things student journalism. To kick us off, we sat down with ten FIRE staffers who were student...

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Shehata v. Blackwell

Search all Cases “Yes harm, no foul.” That’s how the district court dismissed Dr. Shehata’s First Amendment retaliation claim. Yes, University of Kentucky administrators violated Dr. Shehata’s First A...

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Former student journalists on FIRE’s staff talk about their experiences wielding the power of the written word: Part 1

This week, in recognition of Student Press Freedom Day on Thursday, Feb. 24, FIRE will be celebrating all things student journalism. To kick us off, we sat down with ten FIRE staffers who were student...

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Amid overdose crisis, court will weigh physician intent in “pill mill” prosecutions and more under the Controlled Substances Act

In the midst of a national opioid crisis that claimed more than 100,000 lives in this country over the past year, the Supreme Court will hear a case on Tuesday about the relevance of doctors’ subjecti...

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In for a Pence, in for a pound: Mike Pence’s appearance at Stanford marks victory for free speech

Mike Pence speaks at Stanford University on the evening of Feb. 17. (Young America's Foundation / YouTube.com) Much of the media attention surrounding former vice president Mike Pence’s appearance at...

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Hawaii considers ‘New Voices’ legislation as Senate version clears first legislative hurdles

Legislation like Hawaii’s New Voices Act is vital to ensuring that student journalists’ rights are protected. (Shutterstock.com) Hawaii’s legislature is considering a bill that would protect student p...

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‘New’ justifications for censorship are never really new: Part 11 of answers to bad 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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Book Review: “Race Marxism” by James Lindsay

The Truth About Critical Race Theory and Praxis The introduction to author and mathematician James Lindsay’s new book, “ Race Marxism: The Truth About Critical Race Theory and Praxis ” is a perfect su...

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