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WASHINGTON, January 20, 2009 — This Inauguration Day, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has sent President Barack Obama an open letter requesting that, as a constitutional lawye...
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Search all Cases In fall 2020, the UNC School of Medicine announced recommendations from a social justice task force report conditioning tenure and promotion ...
Georgetown University Search all Cases During the 2015 fall semester, Georgetown University Law Center’s Office of Student Life (OSL) prevented a group of students supporting the 2016 presidential cam...
Political speech is essential for democratic participation, but all too often — especially during an election year — rules related to political speech on campus are misunderstood, misstated, and misa...
University of Rhode Island Search all Cases In May 2018, FIRE wrote to the University of Rhode Island’s Student Senate on behalf of a coalition of student organizations — including the College Democra...
American University Search all Cases In the fall of 2015, American University’s (AU) Office of University Center & Student Activities denied a request by the group “Students for Rand”—which supports t...
University of Oklahoma Search all Cases Weeks prior to the 2008 presidential election, the University of Oklahoma (OU) notified students and faculty that "the forwarding of political humor/commentary"...
“We all need to speak up when someone tries to take our rights away — our voice is way too powerful to let anyone shut it down.” — FIRE plaintiff Kim Diei Concerned that your right to freedom of expre...
Des Moines, Iowa Search all Schools Drake University has not been given a speech code rating. To request speech code information about this school, please submit a speech code request form . Drake Uni...
Truman State University Search all Cases In November 2019, a committee composed of Truman State University staff and students refused to grant recognition to Animal Alliance, a student organization de...
Syracuse University Search all Cases In February 2019, students at Syracuse University sought to organize a chapter of Young Americans for Freedom, a conservative group that operates as a project of t...
Oakland, California Search all Schools University of California has not been given a speech code rating. To request speech code information about this school, please submit a speech code request form ...
San Francisco, California Search all Schools University of California, Hastings has not been given a speech code rating. To request speech code information about this school, please submit a speech co...
Business Leaders in Christ v. University of Iowa , U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, June 4, 2019 Amicus : Foundation for Individual Rights in Education Plaintiff is a student organization...
Duke University Search all Cases In November 2021, Duke’s student government president vetoed recognition of a chapter of Students Supporting Israel because the group “singled out,” in an Instagram po...
Each year, FIRE reviews thousands of potential cases involving individuals and groups whose rights are threatened. FIRE’s team of legal and advocacy experts have decades of experience protecting free ...
Oklahoma City Community College Search all Cases On May 18, 2021, Oklahoma City Community College informed Melissa Smith that the summer session of her sociology course, “Race and Ethnicity in the U.S...
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Search all Schools Oklahoma City Community College has not been given a speech code rating. To request speech code information about this school, please submit a speech code re...
May 11, 2011 President Robert O. Kelley University of North Dakota 300 Twamley Hall 264 Centennial Drive, Stop 8193 Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202 Sent by U.S. Mail and Facsimile (701-777-3866) Dear ...
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