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New York University: Administration Investigating Anti-Zionist Statement by Law Students for Justice in Palestine Following Harassment Complaints

New York University Search all Cases On April 7, 2022, NYU’s Law Students for Justice in Palestine released a statement making several allegations, including that the “Zionist grip on media is omnipre...

2026-04-18

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Santa Clara University: Student Government Association’s Denial of Recognition to Young Americans for Freedom Chapter

Santa Clara University Search all Cases A group of Santa Clara University students sought recognition for the SCU chapter of Young Americans for Freedom, an organization dedicated to advancing conserv...

2026-04-18

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Student Government Executive Branch Bans Funding to Pro-Life Student Groups

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Search all Cases On July 6, 2022, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student government executive branch issued an executive order stating that i...

2026-04-18

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Emory University School of Law: Student Government Denied Recognition to Free Speech Group Because of Opposition to Mission and Purpose

Emory University Search all Cases In October 2021, the Emory Free Speech Forum, a proposed law student group “devoted to fostering critical discourse and open dialogue surrounding important issues in ...

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Whitworth University

Spokane, Washington Search all Schools Whitworth University has not been given a speech code rating. To request speech code information about this school, please submit a speech code request form . Wh...

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University of Idaho: Policies Restrict Faculty Instruction on Abortion

University of Idaho Search all Cases In the wake of enactment of an Idaho law restricting access to abortion, the University of Idaho released guidance requiring faculty to “not promote or advocate in...

2026-04-18

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'The Spirit of Liberty' by Judge Learned Hand

Judge Learned Hand's speech "The Spirit of Liberty," delivered in New York City on May 21, 1944, famously defined the spirit of liberty as "the spirit which is not too sure that it is right." "The Spi...

2026-04-18

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Courtesy photos of FIRE plaintiff Hannah Zoulek

Media: To download any of these photos, click on the photo. Then, in the box that opens, right-click and click “Save Image As…”. FIRE grants permission to publish any of these photos with the photo cr...

2026-04-18

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‘So to Speak’ podcast transcript: Jawboning, book banning, and LeBron James thinks hate speech isn't free speech

Note: This is an unedited rush transcript. Please check any quotations against the audio recording . Nico Perrino: Welcome back to So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast where every other week, we take ...

2026-04-18

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Photos of FIRE Plaintiff Eugene Volokh

Media: To download any of these photos of Eugene Volokh, click on the photo. Then, in the light box that opens, right-click and click “Save Image As…”. FIRE grants permission to publish any of these p...

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Cato's Letter No. 15

By Thomas Gordon Sir, Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom; and no such thing as publick liberty, without freedom of speech: Which is the right of every man, as far as by i...

2026-04-18

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FIRE statement on free speech and online payment processors

A vibrant culture of free expression depends on Americans’ ability to speak their minds without losing access to services that are integral to life in modern society. Imagine you could no longer use P...

2026-04-18

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Artificial intelligence, free speech, and the First Amendment

While there may be open and complicated questions about platform liability in the context of generative AI, sticking AI creators with blanket liability for user-generated content produced through thei...

2026-04-18

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University of California at San Diego: Censorship of Student Satire Magazine

University of California, San Diego Search all Cases The University of California at San Diego (UCSD) announced that it had dropped its charge of "disruption" against a student humor publication, The ...

2026-04-18

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Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought

By FIRE Fellow Jonathan Rauch, Kindly Inquisitors has challenged readers for 20 years with its provocative exploration of the issues surrounding attempts to limit free speech. “A liberal society stand...

2026-04-18

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Lesson: Offensive Speech on Campus

Use: The video adaptation of this lesson and the script can be used during digital or in-person program orientations to teach students tactics for responding to offensive speech and when offensive spe...

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Courtesy photos of FIRE plaintiff Kimberly Diei

Media : FIRE grants permission to publish any of these photos. To download any of these photos of Kim Diei in 2025, click on the photo to open in a new tab, right-click, and choose “Save Image As…” Me...

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First Amendment Educational Resources for K-12 Teachers

FIRE’s K-12 free speech curriculum modules help educators enrich and supplement their existing instruction on First Amendment and freedom of expression issues in K-12 classrooms. FIRE’s First Amendmen...

2026-04-18

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2018 Faculty Conference

The 2018 FIRE Faculty Conference took place from Oct. 11-13 in Chicago, Illinois, at Loyola University Chicago’s downtown Water Tower campus . The 2018 conference brought together roughly sixty facult...

2026-04-18

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Do North Carolina Students Have Freedom of Speech?

This report finds that North Carolina’s colleges and universities lead the way nationally for their written policies protecting student free speech. The Tar Heel State is home to more institutions tha...

2026-04-18