Perspectives University of Louisville reverses decision, bars student from passing out pamphlets to LGBTQ Studies course students Spencer Irvine February 18, 2020 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.
Perspectives Berkeley: Where Free Speech Ends Malcolm A. Kline July 3, 2017 Berkeley prides itself on being the birthplace of the free speech movement but is that where it will end?
Faculty Lounge Louisiana Governor Vetoed Campus Free Speech Bill, Called It ‘Overly Burdensome’ Accuracy in Academia June 30, 2017 Louisiana’s governor, John Bel Edwards, said that signing a free speech bill for college campuses would be “overly burdensome.”
Faculty Lounge University of Maryland Students want Hate Speech Classified as ‘Cult Activity’ Accuracy in Academia June 20, 2017 Hate speech is protected by the First Amendment of the Constitution, yet University of Maryland students want it classified as ‘cult activity.’
Perspectives Law School Professors Reject Property Rights Malcolm A. Kline April 7, 2017 People without college degrees, or even high school diplomas, appear to understand property rights. Why can’t law school professors? Evidence…
Perspectives Professor Takes Stance that State Government can Decide Property Rights of Private Owners Malcolm A. Kline March 24, 2017 If there is an indefensible position on property rights, count on an academic to take it. On March 20 the…
Faculty Lounge Democrats Unhappy with Trump’s Education Pick on Views on Due Process Spencer Irvine January 16, 2017 From The College Fix: President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, is being declared unfit to serve…
Faculty Lounge Syracuse University Asks for Public Comment on Revising Free Speech Policies Spencer Irvine November 12, 2016 From Campus Reform: Syracuse University, a school criticized for having one of the most aggressive policies against free speech on…
Faculty Lounge Iowa State University Threatens Withholding Degree if Students Refuse to Undergo Harassment Training Spencer Irvine November 7, 2016 This sounds like a threat on college students’ First Amendment rights, no? ISU students are told that they must abide…
Faculty Lounge Writer: Obama has Expanded Unchecked Government Power Spencer Irvine November 4, 2016 Our friend George Leef with the insightful read on expanding government power under Barack Obama: We face, as the book’s…
Faculty Lounge Indiana’s Fraternities’ 4th Amendment Rights Could be at Risk Under New Policy Spencer Irvine August 24, 2016 The U.S. Constitution was written the way it was for a reason: Update on a proposal that has just become explicit policy:…
Faculty Lounge Indiana University Proposal looks to Avoid Search Warrant for Frat Houses Spencer Irvine February 3, 2016 Wait, when did we decide to arbitrarily enforce the Constitution and Bill of Rights? Photo by aschweigert
