Free Speech Tag

VIDEO: Former ACLU Head Ira Glasser Blasts Organization’s New Progressive Agenda

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 04, 2022 3 Comments

“There is a requirement now for ACLU lawyers that before they take a case defending someone’s free speech, they have to make sure that the speech doesn’t offend or threaten other civil liberties values”...

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Ilya Shapiro To Whoopi: “Let’s Talk … We Have To Disrupt This Toxic Cultural Moment In Favor Of Free Speech”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 03, 2022 23 Comments

Shapiro Takes On The Mantle of Academic Freedom and Free Speech Advocate As Efforts To Cancel Him Continue...

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FIRE Names the 10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech in 2022

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 03, 2022 1 Comment

"Like our collective obsession with Wordle, censorship is spreading fast."...

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Stifling Debate And Purging Dissenters At Georgetown Law Over Ilya Shapiro

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 02, 2022 32 Comments

Nate Hochman: "Campus groups ban dissent, professors lead Zoom therapy sessions, and some students privately admit that 'we only want Ilya fired because of his conservative political views.'"...

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Georgetown Law Student Protesters Demand Ilya Shapiro Firing, Reparations, Place To Cry, End To “Originalist” Center

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2022 81 Comments

There seems to be a pre-existing unhappiness at Georgetown Law that erupted with Shapiro's tweets the spark. "One student floated the idea of defunding the Center for the Constitution...

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FIRE Survey Finds Most People See Cancel Culture as a Threat to Democracy and Freedom

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 01, 2022 14 Comments

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has released a new survey that finds that most people see Cancel Culture as a real threat to democracy and freedom. The only people likely to be surprised by this are progressives who insist that Cancel Culture doesn't exist.

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Profile In Cowardice: Georgetown Law Dean Bill Treanor Suspends Conservative Legal Scholar Ilya Shapiro

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2022 49 Comments

"Georgetown’s embarrassing capitulation [to the "online outrage"] is antithetical to the tenets of liberal education...

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Colorado State University Sets Up Multiple Resources for Students ‘Affected’ by Free Speech

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 30, 2022 3 Comments

"If you (or someone you know) are affected by a free speech event on campus, here are some resources."...

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U. Illinois Urbana-Champaign Student Govt. Demands Jeff Sessions Speaking Event be Moved Off-Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 28, 2022 7 Comments

“It is evident from recent events that the ISG doesn’t support diversity of thought on campus”...

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Conservative Talk Host Dan Bongino Permanently Banned by YouTube

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 27, 2022 34 Comments

Conservative commentator Dan Bongino has been permanently banned by the video-sharing social media site YouTube for allegedly spreading 'misinformation' about COVID-19. I do not believe this was why he was banned and neither should you.

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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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