Free Speech Tag

Biden Administration Creating ‘Disinformation Governance Board’ Headed by Trump-Hating Leftist

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 28, 2022 78 Comments

The Biden administration is creating a new bureaucracy under the Department of Homeland Security that sounds like nothing more than an Orwellian 'Ministry of Truth.' The so-called 'Disinformation Governance Board' is coming to fruition just as Elon Musk has taken control of Twitter and will be headed by Nina Jankowicz, an anti-Trump progressive who frequently appears on MSNBC.

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Top Lawyer for Twitter Reportedly Cried During Meeting With Employees About Musk Takeover

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 27, 2022 27 Comments

Vijaya Gadde is a lawyer who has been a major power player at Twitter for years. She was instrumental in getting Trump thrown off the platform and may have played a role in banning the New York Post story about Hunter Biden's laptop. She apparently cried during a meeting with Twitter employees about Elon Musk taking ownership of the company.

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Prof Removed From Director Position After Inviting Controversial Prof to Speak on Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 26, 2022 5 Comments

"sent a very clear message to its faculty that there are limits on free inquiry"...

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U. Central Florida “Discriminatory-Harassment Policy Likely Violates The First Amendment” Rules Federal Appeals Court

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 21, 2022 15 Comments

"it is an overbroad and content- and view-point-based regulation of constitutionally protected expression"...

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Maryland Teachers Feel ‘Bullied’ Into Displaying Gay Pride Flags Forcing School Board to Adopt New Policy

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 21, 2022 35 Comments

An LGBT group recently donated a bunch of pride flags to schools in Carroll County, Maryland. The school board thought it would be great if teachers displayed them in classrooms as a sign of support for the LGBT community, but not all the teachers were comfortable with this idea. As we have noted recently, part of free speech is being free from compelled speech.

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University of California Committee Wants to Impose Compelled Speech in High School Ethnic Studies Course

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 13, 2022 5 Comments

"As word spread of the proposal, more than 100 faculty members sent a letter sharply criticizing it to UC’s Academic Council, which is made up of leadership of the Academic Senate."...

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Emory University Law School Finally Recognizes Student Free Speech Group

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 12, 2022 1 Comment

"After almost two full semesters of paternalistic, infantilizing rejections"...

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Woke Mob Hunts Down Student Who Invited Col. Allen West to Speak at U. Buffalo

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 12, 2022 46 Comments

The Young Americans for Freedom chapter at the University of Buffalo invited Colonel Allen West to speak about American values, his life, and how he overcame racism. A student mob disrupted the event and was so threatening that West had to be escorted off campus by police.

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University in Indiana Displays Free Speech Warning Sign on Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 10, 2022 9 Comments

“ATTENTION FREE SPEECH BEING EXERCISED AHEAD[.] Topics could be upsetting to some.”...

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U. Wisconsin Student Activists Celebrate Delay of Campus Free Speech Survey

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 09, 2022 9 Comments

A survey on free speech on campus at the University of Wisconsin has been delayed and for some reason, student activists and leaders at the school seem relieved. What is everyone so worried about? It's just a survey. Is it possible we're going to learn something these people don't want anyone to know?

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Senators and Governors Call on Yale to Punish Mob That Shouted Down Free Speech Event

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 08, 2022 3 Comments

"Instead of engaging with the panelists, a shocking number of Yale Law students hurled constant insults and obscenities at them and tried to prevent them from speaking and being heard"...

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April 9: I’ll Be Speaking at a Moms for Liberty Seminar in Columbus (OH) on Ending Wokeness in Schools

Posted by Paul Rossi on April 01, 2022 4 Comments

On April 9th, 2022, Moms For Liberty is holding a seminar in Columbus, Ohio titled "Unwoke Schools: A Seminar for Parents on Ending Woke Indoctrination". You can Register Here.

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Compelled Speech is a Campus Free Speech Issue That Deserves Attention

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 31, 2022 4 Comments

"Litigation may be necessary to challenge and end campus compelled speech."...

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Campus Culture: “you have about 10% of the student body who controls the other 90%, mostly through internet shaming”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 27, 2022 17 Comments

"Our lawyer" Ron Coleman cross-examined me on his Coleman Nation podcast about Legal Insurrection's history, copyright trolls, how "intellectual property" litigation threats are used to silence political speech, repressive Big Tech, and the toxic campus atmosphere....

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Tablet Magazine Calls Out the Democrats’ Big Tech Fact-Checkers

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 25, 2022 3 Comments

"In the course of this transformation, journalists are being turned into rent-a-cops whose job is to enforce an official consensus that is treated as a civic good by those who benefit from—and pay for—its protection."...

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Federal Judges Avoiding Hiring Law Clerks From Yale Law After Shout Down Incident

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 23, 2022 8 Comments

"Yale Law has already seen falling clerkship placement numbers in recent years"...

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Legal Commentator Sends Open Letter to Yale Law Dean Urging Her to Get Tough With Progressives

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 23, 2022 2 Comments

"It won't be fun in the short term, but over the long term, standing up to the Progressives is in both their interest and your interest."...

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Parents Revolt at Westminster Schools in Atlanta Over ‘Critical Social Justice’ Political Activism, File IRS Complaint

Posted by Paul Rossi on March 21, 2022 24 Comments

Parents at the elite private Westminster Schools in Atlanta are rebelling against the imposition of Critical Social Justice on their students. Westminster is a member school of National Association of Independent Schools. A letter sent to the Internal Revenue Service signed "a Taxpayer" includes a list of 16 partisan incidents the author says qualifies Westminster as an "action organization," violating the school's tax-exempt status.

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