Free Speech Tag

North Dakota State U. President Apologizes to Student Activists for Not Doing More to Fight Racism

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 03, 2021 1 Comment

"As I reflect on the past two weeks, I personally offer my apologies to the students, faculty and staff who have been deeply harmed"...

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UT-Austin Dropping Bias Response Teams To Settle Free Speech Lawsuit

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 27, 2020 10 Comments

The University of Texas at Austin has changed its free speech policies in the wake of a lawsuit filed by the free speech advocacy group Speech First. The changes have the full support of Texas Governor Greg Abbott and represent a big win for free expression.

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Ohio Bans Campus Free Speech Zones and Enhances Protections for Other Forms of Expression

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 22, 2020 0 Comments

"College students deserve to know that the free exchange of ideas will not be inhibited by campus authorities"...

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U. Michigan ‘Words Matter Task Force’ Releases List of Potentially Offensive Terms

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 19, 2020 13 Comments

"A centerpiece of the memo is the first of four appendices, a table of terms deemed offensive and alternatives to replace them."...

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Teacher Claims She Was Forced to Resign Over Facebook Post Critical of Black Lives Matter Protests

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 18, 2020 36 Comments

A special education teacher from Pennsylvania named Ashley Bennett says she was forced to resign after merely sharing a comment that was critical of the Black Lives Matter protests over the summer. Bennett's story is just getting some notice now and she appeared on the Tucker Carlson show with her lawyer last night.

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Free Speech Groups Warn University of Nebraska-Lincoln Not to Adopt Hate Speech Policy

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 18, 2020 0 Comments

"It is not unusual for FIRE to offer its perspective on issues of this nature. We appreciate the group’s comments."...

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Student Journalist Faced Investigation for Reattaching Note to Staff Member’s Door

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 16, 2020 23 Comments

A student journalist at Frostburg State University in Maryland has written some stories which are critical of the school's COVID-19 policies. Then something bizarre happened. She reattached a note to a staff member's door after finding it on the floor and was subsequently told she was being investigated for harassment.

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Email Policy at University of Colorado-Denver Alarms Free Speech Advocates

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 15, 2020 14 Comments

"a mind-numbingly stupid and blatantly unconstitutional policy"...

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Study Finds 88 Percent of Universities Restrict Expression and Online Classes Aren’t Helping

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 09, 2020 2 Comments

"half of top American colleges and universities maintain policies that restrict online expression protected under First Amendment standards"...

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Biden To Nominate Anti-2A, Pro-Abortion Extremist Xavier Becerra For HHS Secretary

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on December 07, 2020 17 Comments

Former vice president Joe Biden's calls for "unity" in the wake of the still unresolved 2020 presidential election are being met with growing skepticism due to his decidedly divisive staffing and cabinet picks.

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McGill University Students Want Prof Stripped of Emeritus Status for Criticizing Social Justice, BLM, Etc.

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 05, 2020 15 Comments

Philip Carl Salzman is a retired Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at McGill University in Canada. He has become the target of a cancel culture mob for the crime of criticizing social justice, rape culture, Black Lives Matter, and other aspects of the academic left which are considered beyond reproach. Students want Salzman stripped of his emeritus status and are demanding a review of the university's policy on academic freedom.

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Ohio Lawmakers Introduce Legislation That Would Abolish Campus Free Speech Zones

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 05, 2020 7 Comments

"Public colleges and universities are meant to be free and open to the exchange of ideas"...

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Stanford Putting Co-Founder of ‘Campus Antifascist Network’ in Charge of Free Speech Policy

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 02, 2020 4 Comments

“Committee on Campus Climate, Community, and Speech”...

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DePauw University Ranks Dead Last in College Survey on Free Speech

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 30, 2020 2 Comments

"As a Republican, I felt that I could not speak up and defend myself"...

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‘First Amendment Support Team’ at SUNY New Paltz Suspended After Complaints From BLM

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 29, 2020 7 Comments

"will uphold white supremacy, white patriarchal paternalism, and white fragility"...

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Jones College in Mississippi Settles With Student in First Amendment Case

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 23, 2020 6 Comments

"I am pleased that Jones College was willing to work in good faith to align their policies with the First Amendment rights guaranteed to all of us, especially students on their campus"...

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Santa Clara U. Bans ‘Degrading Language’ While Promising Free Expression

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 15, 2020 4 Comments

"It’s not bound by the First Amendment, yet its voluntary promises to students are a tacit endorsement of First Amendment standards."...

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Big Student Free Speech Victory in 5th Circuit Against U Texas Speech Policies

Posted by Leah M. Baldacci, Esq. on October 29, 2020 20 Comments

In a victory for campus free speech at the University of Texas, with national implications, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals just issued its decision in favor of plaintiff Speech First, Inc.

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