Free Speech Tag

Free Speech Group Mounts Legal Challenge to U. Illinois Over Bias Response Team

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 29, 2020 2 Comments

"filed the lawsuit on behalf of a number of anonymous students who believe the university’s bias reporting system amounts to official surveillance of their expression on campus"...

Northwestern Student Gov. Tables Bill That Protects Free Speech

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 27, 2020 5 Comments

“Labeling certain opinions as ‘dangerous’ or ‘violent’ shuts students out of free discourse that would otherwise allow them to better understand their own points of view, or perhaps foster a shift in their way of thinking."...

Iowa State Accused of Chilling Student Free Speech Ahead of Caucuses

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 07, 2020 4 Comments

“Iowa State University maintains a series of policies that have both the purpose and the effect of chilling student speech”...

Talk on Antifa Violence at U. British Columbia Cancelled Over Threat of Antifa Violence

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 03, 2020 21 Comments

Andy Ngo, the Portland based journalist widely considered an authority on the far left faction known as Antifa, was invited to speak on the topic by a free speech group at the University of British Columbia. The event has since been cancelled.

U. Illinois Settles Free Speech Lawsuit With Student Journalist Over Flap at Anti-Trump Protest

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 01, 2020 4 Comments

“f*ck Donald Trump and f*ck you guys”...

FIRE Criticizes Long Island U. for Free Speech Policy That Demands ‘Respect for Authority’

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 29, 2019 3 Comments

"a serious chilling effect"...

University Lecturer Thinks Calling Someone ‘Geek’ or ‘Nerd’ Should be a Hate Crime

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 23, 2019 11 Comments

“It is the case that very high IQ people very often are bullied at school"...

UMass Dartmouth Criticized by FIRE for Unrealistic Free Speech Policy

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 21, 2019 1 Comment

“public forum spaces”...

Upcoming Lecture: “The War on Conservative Speech – From Campus to Culture” (December 12, Sharon, MA)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 05, 2019 18 Comments

On December 12, 2019, at 7 p.m., in Sharon, Massachusetts, I will be giving a lecture on "The War on Conservative Speech - From Campus to Culture," at the invitation of the Sharon Republican Town Committee:

Holy Cross Student Protesters Try to Shout Down Speech by Heather Mac Donald

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 29, 2019 20 Comments

Manhattan Institute scholar Heather Mac Donald gave a speech at the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts recently, but the event was marred by students who tried to shout her down.

Adam Carolla Says ‘No Safe Spaces’ Documentary Has Message College Students Need to Hear

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 23, 2019 1 Comment

“The ‘remove you from your livelihood’ part of the culture we’re in now scares me.”...

Left Wing Student Protesters Block Entry to Ann Coulter Speech at UC Berkeley

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 22, 2019 21 Comments

In the spring of 2017, Young America's Foundation invited Ann Coulter to speak at UC-Berkeley, but the event never happened over safety concerns. This week, she returned at the invitation of the College Republicans.

https://twitter.com/DailyCaller/status/1196637852253204481

FIRE on Binghamton Protest of Art Laffer: “Latest in a Disturbing Trend of Protesters Silencing Others”

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 21, 2019 5 Comments

"The biggest threat to free speech at Binghamton Monday evening wasn’t the police or Art Laffer — but the vigilante censors"...

Vassar President: It was anti-Semitic to shout at Israeli Jewish speaker “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free”

Posted by Samantha Mandeles on November 19, 2019 7 Comments

Search for Vassar College in Legal Insurrection's archives, and you'll find scores of posts documenting Vassar students' efforts to shut down speech with which they disagree. This is a longstanding problem on today's college campuses, and it is perhaps most commonly manifested in attacks on Israeli, pro-Israel, and/or Jewish speakers. Vassar College Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) has a particularly sordid history, including posting of an anti-Jewish and anti-American Nazi cartoon, glorifying terrorists, and picketing a course that involved travel to Israel.

Protests Erupt at Bucknell University Over Speech by Heather Mac Donald

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 15, 2019 6 Comments

“It is evidence in support of Mac Donald’s thesis in her latest book that some faculty and students are reacting to this as they are”...

AUDIO: “There is a hunger on behalf of students to learn about” free speech “and they’ve never had anybody explain it to them”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 12, 2019 11 Comments

A little over two years ago, on October 25, 2017, I gave a speech about free speech and hate speech at Vassar College. It was, as I have described many times, an 'out-of-body' experience because of false claims spread about me and my appearance by students, including student government. From my post, Safe Spaces and Safety Teams at Vassar College for My Lecture on Free Speech:

University’s Attorney Resigns After Using the N-Word During Free Speech Event

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 10, 2019 2 Comments

"Several members of the audience became outraged"...

U. Michigan Settles Lawsuit Challenging Bias Response Teams, Agrees to Changes

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 31, 2019 6 Comments

A group called Speech First has been engaged in a legal battle with the University of Michigan for months. Speech First went after the school over their speech codes and use of a so-called bias response team. Now it appears they have reached a settlement.

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