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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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When Fascism Comes To America, It Will Look Like Justin Trudeau’s Canada

Trudeau’s dangerous not just because he’s abusing Canadians, but because he is providing the wish list for crackdowns by Democrats in the U.S.: “every single bank, credit union, investment broker and ...

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Not all ‘anti-CRT’ bills are created equal: Differences in Florida and Mississippi bills show how legislatures can avoid constitutional pitfalls

Bills are quickly advancing through legislatures despite containing unconstitutional provisions. Last month, FIRE wrote about the wave of bills that, if passed, will regulate how race and sex are addr...

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Texas A&M spins hostile takeover of student paper as part of journalism program reboot

FIRE’s Student Press Freedom Initiative is filing open records requests after Texas A&M unilaterally cancelled the print edition of The Battalion student newspaper. (Katherine Welles / Shutterstock.co...

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Select Essays from FIRE’s 2021 Free Speech Essay Contest

FIRE’s High School Outreach team recently published the winners of the 2021 Free Speech Essay Contest — along with the winning submission. This year’s prompt asked students to draw on current events, ...

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Canadian Elites Declare All-Out War On Truckers, Including Seizing Pets

Trudeau’s justice minister threatened those who donated to the convoy: “you should be worried.” Ottawa and the federal government are pulling all the punches to get rid of the Freedom Convoy. Justin T...

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Nebraska lawmakers: Protect student rights by passing these two bills

Aspects and Angles / Shutterstock.com Two bills before the Nebraska Legislature will increase First Amendment protections in higher education. Nebraska’s legislature is poised to consider two bills th...

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[UPDATED] University of Dayton administration canceled UN special rapporteur’s COVID-19 speech over views on reproductive health

University of Dayton issued a statement that it had unilaterally disinvited Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng — United Nations special rapporteur on the right to health — from speaking because her views are “incon...

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LAWSUIT: FIRE sues Texas university for withholding public records about how it censored a student publication – then took over its editorial independence

(Billy Hathorn / Wikimedia Commons) STEPHENVILLE, Texas, Feb. 10, 2022 — Did Tarleton State University censor and seize editorial control over its student newspaper in an attempt to cover up a former ...

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Trudeau Reprimanded for Accusing Jewish, Conservative Party MP of Standing ‘With People Who Wave Swastikas’

Melissa Lantsman, a Conservative MP for the Toronto suburb of Thornhill, confronted Trudeau about “Emergencies Act” and his insults directed at fellow Canadians. Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...

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FIRE launches Student Press Freedom Initiative to fight censorship in student media

A forthcoming FIRE study found that more than 60% of college newspapers experience at least one instance of administrative censorship each year . Let that sink in. This tells us two things: First, cen...

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FIRE v. Tarleton State University: Texas University Covers Up Professor’s ‘Highly Inappropriate’ Behavior by Censoring Student Newspaper and Unlawfully Withholding Public Records

Tarleton State University Search all Cases FIRE v. Tarleton State University - Original Petition for Writ of Mandamus This public university in Texas, one of America’s 10 Worst Colleges for Free Speec...

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Suspension over profanity-laced video highlights unconstitutional policy at Ferris State

By now, you’ve probably heard of Ferris State University professor Barry Mehler, whose tongue-in-cheek introductory video to students — which jokes that grades are predetermined by God and calls stude...

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Ottawa Police Chief Resigns Day After Trudeau Invokes Emergencies Act to Handle Freedom Convoy

The timing of Sloly’s departure is so weird. It’s weird. Trudeau invokes the Emergencies Act and then Ottawa’s police chief loses his job. I saw people say Police Chief Peter Sloly resigned, but it lo...

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Duke student senate passes resolution condemning antisemitism but leaves pro-Israel club unrecognized

Forge Productions / Shutterstock.com Last week, Duke’s student senators passed a resolution condemning antisemitism after participating in training on the subject last month. While the Duke Jewish Lif...

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VICTORY: Court orders college that muzzled student journalists to adopt sweeping reform to protect student speech and press rights after now-ousted president forbade criticism

Haskell Indian Nations University student journalist Jared Nally. LAWRENCE, Kan., Feb. 8, 2022 — After facing censorship, coercion, and stonewalling, Jared Nally fought for the rights of student journ...

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Is hate speech protected by the First Amendment?

VBD Photos / Shutterstock.com As FIRE has explained many times before, hate speech by adults as free citizens is entitled to First Amendment protection. A recent survey from the Foundation for Individ...

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Trudeau Unleashes Terrorist Financing Rules on Freedom Convoy’s Crowdfunding and Cryptocurrency Funds

Part of the rage being directed at the truckers by Canada’s current leadership is that the protesters are willing to innovate and are very successful at it. Among the many loathsome aspects of Prime M...

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