Free Speech Tag

High School Debater Takes on the Political Bias of the National Speech and Debate Association

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 05, 2023 32 Comments

"At the NSDA National Qualifier debate tournament in March, my judge warned me not to mention former President Donald Trump in a debate on President Joe Biden’s foreign policy record."...

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Independence Day: Federal Court Enjoins Biden-Big Tech Collusive “far-reaching and widespread censorship campaign” against Conservatives

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 04, 2023 42 Comments

"The Plaintiffs are likely to succeed on the merits in establishing that the Government has used its power to silence the opposition...

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Western Michigan U. Prof Suggests State’s “‘Hate Speech’ Bill Could Criminalize Conservative Opinion”

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 03, 2023 6 Comments

“Proponents use these laws to silence and financially cripple those who dare to adhere to a different viewpoint and oppose their agenda.”...

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Free Speech Training Program at Stanford Law Turns Out to be a Joke

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 01, 2023 4 Comments

"it was an online program that required barely a minute's effort"...

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Supreme Court: First Amendment Requires Showing of Recklessness to Prosecute ‘True Threats’

Posted by Terrance Kible on June 28, 2023 28 Comments

The Court gave the First Amendment some 'breathing room' to protect against encroachment by prosecutions for 'true threats.'...

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High School Debates Can Now Hinge on Personal Tweets and Microaggressions

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 27, 2023 20 Comments

“This debate is more than just about the debate—it’s about protecting the individuals in the community from people who proliferate hatred and make this community unsafe.”...

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Lawsuit Against Bias Response Team at Virginia Tech Could Go to Supreme Court

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 23, 2023 2 Comments

“We agree the case is incredibly important and are weighing all our options, including petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to take the case”...

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Files Show UC-Berkeley Ranked Faculty Applicants Based on Their Support for DEI Policies

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 20, 2023 16 Comments

"graded candidates on their espousing specific viewpoints that many academics may disagree with for intellectual or ideological reasons"...

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School “There Are Only Two Genders” T-Shirt Ban Upheld By MA Federal Court

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 17, 2023 89 Comments

Court comes close to adopting the "words are violence" campus mantra, finding the words on the t-shirt put other students at risk. And you can't even mock the ban by putting "Censored" over the censored words. That is banned too.  Hopefully this absurd ruling will...

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College Republicans at Northwestern U. Win Free Speech Battle With Student Government

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 17, 2023 3 Comments

“We can’t prevent a speaker from coming to campus as student government. That’s done by administration”...

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Lawsuit: University Threatened to Derecognize Conservative Student Organization for Inviting Michael Knowles

Posted by Terrance Kible on June 13, 2023 12 Comments

The conservative commentator came to the University at Buffalo to discuss his views on feminism but doubled down on his call for transgenderism to be "eradicated from public life."...

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Majority of Princeton Students in Survey Say it’s Sometimes ‘Acceptable to Shout Down a Speaker’

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 08, 2023 6 Comments

"The survey was conducted by College Pulse, a pollster, and sponsored by the Princetonians for Free Speech."...

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Senator Tom Cotton Introduces Bill That Would Defund Public Universities That Limit Free Speech

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 04, 2023 2 Comments

"Colleges and universities ought to be centers of free thought and spirited debate"...

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Vermont School Settles With Family Punished for Criticizing Trans Student in Girls’ Sports

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 02, 2023 16 Comments

"We are grateful that the school recognized it was wrong to suspend Blake from school and Travis from his coaching position simply for exercising their freedom of speech."...

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Are DEI Policies Standing in the Way of Free Expression at Cornell?

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 22, 2023 2 Comments

"free expression cannot coexist with DEI"...

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Will Cornell Commit to Free Expression on Campus?

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 20, 2023 1 Comment

"Comedian and Cornell alumnus Bill Maher seems to think so"...

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University of Chicago Reportedly Not Honoring Committment to Viewpoint Diversity

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 13, 2023 0 Comments

"Many of the University of Chicago’s core administrative actions and programs are consolidated behind one political position"...

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New Free Speech Committee at Cornell Apparently Stacked With DEI Scholars

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 09, 2023 1 Comment

"my excitement was short lived after I read the names of the scholars chosen for the Steering Committee for Free Expression, none of whom have championed free expression at Cornell"...

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