Yes, another win for free speech. As The College Fix reported: “OK, perhaps not many schools are coveting the responsibility to let students speak freely and not punish or intimidate them into docility when it…
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Speech Code of the Month: Florida A&M University Restricts 1st Amendment
As FIRE reported: “According to FAMU’s Student Code of Conduct, “disorderly conduct” includes not only things like public drunkenness, but also the “use of profanity in public” and the use of “insulting” language. This policy…
U-Ill. & Free Speech
An adjunct professor at the University of Illinois, Ken Howell, has been fired for explaining in an e-mail that homosexuality violates Catholic natural law teachings. Commenting is Catholic League president Bill Donohue.
Cal State Speech Victory
After an anti-terrorism rally, a student complained that the College Republicans had violated California State University’s policy against “actions of in incivility.
Good News on Free Speech
Professors and students have won a few pivotal victories for academic freedom but, while the good news is welcome, the bad news is…well, a good way to describe most of what is happening in education today.
Fighting for Free Speech
In a new book, Donald Downs, a political scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, outlines an approach to ridding campuses of political correctness. In Restoring Free Speech and Liberty on Campus, he shifts the focus away from the professors and to the administrators.
Democracy Codes
Stefan Braun’s analysis of speech codes in Democracy Off Balance: Freedom of Expression and Hate Propaganda in Canada, is not relevant only to the situation in the author’s country.
College Targets Bake Sales And Free Speech
Colleges and universities shut down bake sales designed to illustrate the race-based admissions policies at those schools but are frequently at a loss to show what laws are at stake.
Free Speech On Campus Gagged, Senators Hear
College Administrators are redefining free speech out of existence on campuses across the country, witnesses representing students and alumni told U. S. senators at a hearing late last month.
Imagining A Campus Without Offense
A law professor from Penn came up with her own words to ban on campus but it’s much more limited than the speech codes of her adversaries.
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Book Review: Is ‘The Dying Citizen’ a Prediction of America’s Future?
America’s ongoing and seemingly-constant crises have left Americans scrambling to find a sense of normalcy and safety. Just in time, to cut through the chaotic bombardment of conflicting messages and opinions while providing a voice…
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