Free Speech Tag

New Law in Kentucky is a Huge Win for Free Speech on Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 28, 2019 0 Comments

“This legislation champions the rights of students across the political spectrum"...

Florida Republican Introduces Bill to Protect Free Speech on Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 24, 2019 0 Comments

"the Free Right to Expression in Education (FREE) Act"...

Cambridge University’s Ugly Failure to Protect Free Speech, Jordan Peterson Edition

Posted by Charles Lipson on March 22, 2019 19 Comments

The suppression of free speech on campus is not just an American problem. This week, Cambridge University, one of the world’s oldest and greatest, showed it is just as feckless as Yale, Berkeley, and Middlebury. Cambridge decided to cancel an invited speech by Jordan Peterson, a prominent psychology professor at the University of Toronto. Portland State couldn’t have done it better.

Bill Advances in Iowa to Ban Campus Free Speech Zones

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 19, 2019 1 Comment

"passed the Iowa House of Representatives Thursday by a narrow margin of 52-44"...

Op-Ed: Taxpayers Shouldn’t Fund Colleges that Don’t Protect Free Speech

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 15, 2019 2 Comments

"Colleges are educating a generation of young adults who can’t hear opposing viewpoints."...

Tennessee Republican Presents Resolution Asking Colleges to Ditch ‘Free Speech Zones’

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 14, 2019 0 Comments

“Free speech zones and restrictive speech codes are inherently at odds with the freedom of speech guaranteed by the First Amendment"...

Sarah Lawrence College “students of color” protesters issue 9-pages of demands, target conservative professor

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 11, 2019 49 Comments

In early November 2018, we covered the story of a conservative Sarah Lawrence College professor Samuel Abrams who came under attack after writing an Op-Ed in The New York Times advocating for diversity of opinion on campuses.

Prof Dismisses Trump’s Efforts to Protect Campus Free Speech as ‘Wrongheaded’

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 08, 2019 7 Comments

"institutions of higher education have demonstrated repeatedly that they are staunch supporters of the First Amendment"...

Hayden Williams, Victim in UC Berkeley Attack, Speaks Out in Op-Ed

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 07, 2019 2 Comments

"Free speech is under attack."...

Bill Advances in Kentucky to Ban Campus ‘Free Speech Zones’ at Publicly Funded Colleges

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 06, 2019 1 Comment

"the act would also ensure that students may bring whomever they want to speak on campus"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLMBT6zNgN8

Masterpiece Cakeshop wins again – CO drops prosecution for refusal to bake ‘gender-transition cake’

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 05, 2019 35 Comments

The second attempt by the State of Colorado to punish Jack Phillips and his Masterpiece Cakeshop has come to an end, once again, with a victory for the baker. Round 1 was the baker's refusal to create a custom cake for a same-sex marriage, on the ground that it violated the baker's Christian faith to create a message celebrating same-sex marriage.

UNC Chapel Hill Student Alleges School Took Down Her Website for Lampooning Admin

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 03, 2019 2 Comments

"restored it after a lawyer and civil rights group intervened"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5AejBROtW4&t=278s

Trump promises Executive Order requiring universities “to support free speech if they want federal research dollars”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 02, 2019 43 Comments

During his long speech at the CPAC conference on Saturday, March 2, 2019, Donald Trump promised to sign an Executive Order requiring that all universities and college that receive federal funds to protect free speech.

“I will be signing an executive order requiring colleges and universities to support free speech if they want federal research dollars”

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