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As further confirmation that universities have devolved into islands of repression in a sea of freedom, some 120 Yale Law School students seriously disrupted a March 10th event. Sponsored by the Yale Federalist Society, the event featured Kristen Waggoner, lead counsel for the conservative Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), and Monica Miller of the progressive American […]

Do the people who want to ban hate speech actually hate speech?

Two scholars are leery of such a prospect.

Over half of college students believe that “hate speech” should not be protected speech under the 1st Amendment, according to a Gallup/Knight Foundation survey.

John K. Wilson of the AAUP writes about the new campus free speech law in Tennessee and some of the pros and cons of the law.

Editor’s Note: This piece was originally published at the Times of Israel. When Chester Evans Finn, Jr., a former United States Assistant Secretary of Education, observed in 1989 that university campuses had become “islands of repression in a sea of freedom,” he was anticipating a troubling and prevalent trend now poisoning academia, namely, the suppression […]

From a press release from the Young Americans for Liberty: ICYMI: WCU students protest unreasonable campus speech restrictions WASHINGTON, D.C. – In case you missed it, the Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) chapter at Western Carolina University (WCU) recently hosted a series of campus outreach initiatives, including a large ‘Free Speech Ball’ in which students were encouraged to share their […]

As the College Fix said: “Former Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels, the onetime hope of conservative college students as a Republican presidential candidate (he never ran), has drawn raves for his various moves as president of Purdue University.” “Daniels secured another notch in his belt today: The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education awarded the school a […]

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 becomes politically convenient, but they should.” “The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education announced today that George Mason University in […]

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 is a clear violation of FAMU students’ First Amendment rights.”

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.

After an anti-terrorism rally, a student complained that the College Republicans had violated California State University’s policy against “actions of in incivility.