free speech Tag

Cancel Culture Win: U. North Texas Prof. Timothy Jackson’s Free Speech And Defamation Case Can Move Forward, Court Rules

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 22, 2022 9 Comments

Prof. Jackson was swept up in the cancel culture mania that swept academia in the summer of 2020, as BLM riots swept cities. He wasn't fired, but sues alleging his free speech rights were violated and he was defamed....

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Washington and Lee U. Changes Policy, Will Now Allow Students to Advocate for Political Candidates

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 21, 2022 1 Comment

"This brings W&L’s policy in line with its 2015 adoption of the Chicago Statement, affirming freedom of expression on campus."...

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Syracuse University Punishes Student for Asking Man at Party if He is a Canadian Sex Offender

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 20, 2022 9 Comments

“Syracuse’s nebulous ban on ‘mental harm’ means students don’t know if they can ask questions or discuss sexual misconduct without getting in trouble”...

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Prof Calls Out Emory Law Journal for Censorship

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 15, 2022 2 Comments

"I withdrew to protest the illiberalism that has these student editors in its grip"...

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University of Washington Prof Under Fire for Problematic Position on Land Acknowledgement Statement

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 12, 2022 9 Comments

“Obviously their version of diversity does not include conservative viewpoints.”...

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Emory Law Student Govt. Denies Recognition to Free Speech Group Claiming Open Discussion Could Cause ‘Harm’

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 11, 2022 5 Comments

“will likely give rise to a precarious environment – one where the conversation might very easily devolve”...

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Prof Who Faces Multiple Bias Claims Vows to Sue if He Loses His Job

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 26, 2021 9 Comments

"multiple students have denounced these claims as false"...

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Alex Berenson Sues Twitter For Purging Him From The Platform

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 21, 2021 33 Comments

Complaint: "the company broke its promises, its stated policies, and our laws, including a nearly 150-year-old California law that explicitly sets out its obligations as a company in the business of carrying messages"...

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Boise State Prof Faces Calls for His Firing Over Speech About Traditional Gender Roles

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 17, 2021 8 Comments

Professor Scott Yenor is a conservative who teaches political science at Boise State University in Idaho. In October, he gave a speech at a conservative conference which included criticism of feminism (gasp) and embraced traditional gender roles. He was very frank and people on campus and beyond are losing their minds over his words.

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Saint Louis U. Threatens to Expel Student for Hanging Posters Advertising Talk by Matt Walsh

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 14, 2021 4 Comments

"Administrators present outside the event took issue with the school and organization’s names being used on flyers"...

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“We’ve fully entered the Second Great Age of Political Correctness”

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 14, 2021 8 Comments

"Political correctness didn't decline and fall. It went underground and then rose again."...

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Talk by Conservative Journalist at Princeton Held in Secret Location

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 11, 2021 6 Comments

"In the days leading up to the talk, some Princeton students took to social media and online forums to condemn Shrier and castigate the event’s student organizers for inviting her to campus."...

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Davidson College About to Become First Private College in NC to Adopt Free Expression Statement

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 10, 2021 2 Comments

“For nearly a decade, North Carolina’s universities have led the way on free speech by ending their unconstitutional speech codes and speaking out in favor of freedom of thought and inquiry”...

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Yale Psychiatry Students Triggered by Lecture Expressing Surprise There Are “Artisanal Coffee Shops” In Rural Ohio

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 09, 2021 60 Comments

A psychiatrist named Sally Satel, who used to be part of the faculty at Yale, gave a guest lecture at the school in January on the opioid crisis with a focus on a town in Ohio. Shortly afterwards, a letter was sent to the department chair from “Concerned Yale Psychiatry Residents” which claimed her lecture was 'traumatizing' and accusing Satel of being a racist.

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Virginia Tech Punishes Student for Booing at a Soccer Game

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 08, 2021 14 Comments

“The Virginia Tech administration was completely out of line”...

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Former Illinois State U. Football Coach Fired for Removing BLM Flag Sues Claiming Free Speech Violation

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 05, 2021 1 Comment

"he did not toe the party line regarding Black Lives Matter"...

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Attempts To Cancel Coastal Carolina University Prof Steve Earnest Were Worse Than We Knew

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 04, 2021 48 Comments

We have covered the story of Coastal Carolina University Professor Steve Earnest extensively, but a new report from the Los Angeles Times has shed new light on the situation. The good news is that Earnest has been reinstated. The bad news is that he was put through hell for nothing.

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Judicial Watch Suing on Behalf of Teacher Claiming She Was Fired for Social Media Posts About Critical Race Theory

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 02, 2021 11 Comments

A high school teacher in Hanover, Massachusetts named Kari MacRae ran for school board and won. She made a video on the social media site 'TikTok' explaining that she ran for school board to prevent Critical Race Theory from being taught and was subsequently fired. Now Judicial Watch is suing on her behalf.

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