Some students at the University of Louisville pressured administrators to bar a fellow student from passing out allegedly anti-LGBTQ pamphlets to their LGBTQ Studies class.
Topic: constitutional rights
Berkeley: Where Free Speech Ends
Berkeley prides itself on being the birthplace of the free speech movement but is that where it will end?
Louisiana Governor Vetoed Campus Free Speech Bill, Called It ‘Overly Burdensome’
Louisiana’s governor, John Bel Edwards, said that signing a free speech bill for college campuses would be “overly burdensome.”
University of Maryland Students want Hate Speech Classified as ‘Cult Activity’
Hate speech is protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution, yet University of Maryland students want it classified as ‘cult activity.’
Law School Professors Reject Property Rights
People without college degrees, or even high school diplomas, appear to understand property rights. Why can’t law school professors? Evidence of the former can be found trend can be found in the number of signs…
Professor Takes Stance that State Government can Decide Property Rights of Private Owners
If there is an indefensible position on property rights, count on an academic to take it. On March 20 the Supreme Court began to hear oral arguments in Murr v. Wisconsin, a property rights case…
Democrats Unhappy with Trump’s Education Pick on Views on Due Process
From The College Fix: President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, is being declared unfit to serve not for her best-known cause – K-12 reform and school choice – but because the…
Syracuse University Asks for Public Comment on Revising Free Speech Policies
From Campus Reform: Syracuse University, a school criticized for having one of the most aggressive policies against free speech on campus, is seeking public comment on proposed revisions to these policies. “As part of an…
Iowa State University Threatens Withholding Degree if Students Refuse to Undergo Harassment Training
This sounds like a threat on college students’ First Amendment rights, no? ISU students are told that they must abide by the school’s policy against “harassment” of anyone in the university community. Students must complete…
Writer: Obama has Expanded Unchecked Government Power
Our friend George Leef with the insightful read on expanding government power under Barack Obama: We face, as the book’s subtitle puts it, the unchecked expansion of the state. That unchecked power did not begin…
Book Review
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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