…over Decker’s free speech rights, with many criticizing GMU for reporting him to authorities. Following my report, in fact, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) emailed me, pointing…
…to diversity statements that often mutes the meritocracy of subject matter expertise as well as the erosion of scientific rigor. Passing speech codes and imposing an endowment tax paper over…
…as barbaric. Unsurprisingly, the essay has ignited a heated debate about his free speech rights. Decker’s essay argues that the current administration’s actions—such as imprisonments, visa revocations, threats to media,…
…should not hinder the free speech of Christian faculty to express their religious convictions where appropriate. Sadly, secular schools usually attack Christianity as the source of nearly every problem in…
…and university campuses in recent years, backed by videos, documents, and thousands of reports. Its podcast, “Free speech: Trump’s university cuts will gut higher learning,” doubles down, with Yale’s Nicholas…
…institutions show their hypocrisy—that it’s only overreach when Trump does it. No one said anything when the Clinton Administration published—and quickly rescinded—some quite unconstitutional hate speech regulations without telling anyone…
…say that we’re for rule of law, are we going to stick to that when it’s tough not when it’s easy? We believe in freedom of speech; do we stand…
…funds commit themselves to free speech and intellectual diversity. (Mission Statement Act) Detailed budgetary transparency for each state institution of higher education. (College Finances Act) SB 1 even prohibits the…
…courts that also found the rule both illegal and unconstitutional since it gutted due process, chilled free speech, and imposed fringe sexual politics on schools, including allowing men on women’s…
…me liberty or give me death!” speech to the Second Virginia Convention. Every attempt by Britain to tighten its grip only drove the colonies further toward defiance. The Restraining Act…
…his own speech by whipping out his guitar to sing a scientized version of Ken Hicks’ virtue-signaling anthem “For all the Good People:” (Chorus) Well, this is a song for…
On March 23, 1775, Patrick Henry gave his “Give me liberty or give me death” speech at the Second Virginia Convention, in favor of a resolution that Virginia form a…
…is not entirely persuasive. Set aside that it is a liberal speech in the worst sense as well as the best—a speech that argues for weakness from principle, that shrinks…
…seems to misunderstand the distinction between legitimate forms of free expression and illegitimate ones. Speech in opposition to SLC is welcomed and encouraged at SLC, but the “encampment” episode crossed…
…treat counseling conversations as conduct, and the Ninth Circuit, which does.” The blurred boundary between speech and conduct leads to the blurred boundary between thought and speech. The variety of…
…took no action, however, because the essay was clearly protected speech. For the next five years, Wax continued to criticize campus orthodoxy sharply and relentlessly. Finally, the pressure on Penn…
…speech—but the First Amendment does not protect vandalism or violence. Deporting foreign students who undermine U.S. national interests would serve as a necessary check on the long unchecked influx of…
…a culture of respect for free speech in science and scientific dissent at the agency.” The College Fix has previously reported on other National Institutes of Health projects focused on…
…staff about the importance of free speech and to prepare them to engage with those with whom they disagree, the numbers are very low. While 50 percent of presidents reported…
…point of suspecting the people surveyed of “insincerity?” We suspect not, because the very idea of appealing to the notion of “personal narrative” implies sincere speech. There is no question…
…various forms of bureaucratic subterfuge. Critics of the bill mischaracterize it as “censorship,” but it is really aimed at restoring genuine freedom of speech and thought. [RELATED: Opponents of Ohio…
…Despite constant tuition hikes, universities funnel millions into DEI programs that stifle free speech, divide students, and distract from education—diverting funds that could strengthen financial aid, campus infrastructure, etc. [RELATED:…
Earlier this month, Vice President JD Vance delivered a blistering speech to Europeans that questioned whether the other half of the West adheres to a commitment to free speech or…
…Last year, the University of Chicago announced an anonymous grant of $100 million to promote free speech values at the Chicago Forum for Free Speech and Expression. The Chicago Forum…
…culture) also from across the Atlantic, and which legitimizes the banning or cancellation of any public speech that is supposedly “offensive” to a minority. [4] Although unsuited to French law,…
…understand hostile ideologies is not the same as advocating them. DoD can legitimately monitor the speech of faculty, in and out of classrooms, to ensure that professors advance the cause…
…and parental responsibilities. Adding insult to injury, Robillard and Gordon also discuss the bubble-wrapping “safe spaces” and “trigger warnings” that shield students from “offensive” speech and leave them ill-prepared for…
…not meet social desirability or the supposed expectations of the analyst: his guilty desires, his shameful thoughts. What happens to this freedom of speech when the therapeutic relationship is conditioned…
…have the right to freedom of speech pursuant to the University’s statement on freedom of expression. However, it becomes an issue and a problem when the administration adopts viewpoints as…
…curbs free speech. This is an outrageous charge given that the bill expressly requires institutions to commit “to not requiring, favoring, disfavoring, or prohibiting speech.” Other passages mandate “free inquiry”…