Faculty Lounge Western Carolina Students Protest against Campus Free Speech Restrictions Spencer Irvine October 21, 2016 From a press release from the Young Americans for Liberty: ICYMI: WCU students protest unreasonable campus speech restrictions WASHINGTON, D.C. – In case…
Faculty Lounge The Left’s All-Out Assault on the First Amendment Spencer Irvine The Left wants to silence opposition: The Constitution has long been subject to attacks from individuals hostile to its guarantees…
Faculty Lounge Harvard Law Graduate: Free Speech has a History of Oppression and Racism Spencer Irvine October 17, 2016 This from the College Fix: The Harvard Crimson reports that Albert dubs such terms “legal talismans” — a “legal term…
Faculty Lounge Arkansas State University Students Told that Free Speech Zones Trump the Constitution Spencer Irvine September 29, 2016 From the Daily Caller: Public universities across the nation are beginning to unjustly confine student’s right to free speech and…
Faculty Lounge State Flag-Waving Students Asked to Remove Flag at University of Southern Mississippi Spencer Irvine June 24, 2016 Flying a state flag is allowed under the First Amendment, but Southern Miss didn’t feel that way in one instance.
Faculty Lounge Protesters Want to Expel ‘Hate Speech’ Students Spencer Irvine May 26, 2016 But it’s protected under the First Amendment! A college can’t do that unless they’re ready for legal consequences, so Bellevue…
Faculty Lounge Another Teacher Put on Leave in Minnesota due to Personal Views on Social Media Spencer Irvine March 29, 2016 Wait, are we suspending people because of their right to free speech and the First Amendment? If you’ve missed it,…
Faculty Lounge “Hate Speech” Should be Banned, say anti-Ben Shapiro Protesters at CSU-LA Spencer Irvine March 2, 2016 Apparently, they don’t know hate speech is protected under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Let’s hope they’re not…
Faculty Lounge Poll: 71% of Democrats want to Punish Free Speech, like Hate Speech Spencer Irvine January 13, 2016 Hate speech is not something we encourage, but it is protected under the First Amendment of the Constitution. Yet Democrats…
Faculty Lounge Free Speech is Less Safe on American Colleges Spencer Irvine December 17, 2015 Great take by our friend George Leef. On public college and universities, the First Amendment applies, thus giving students, faculty…
Faculty Lounge Satirist Gets Yale Students to Sign Petition to Ban Free Speech Spencer Irvine We really have no hope for our future in America, do we?
Faculty Lounge Jewish Student at Michigan Cleared by Ethics Probe after Criticizing Pro-Palestinian Display on Campus Spencer Irvine December 8, 2015 A win for free speech: A student government ethics committee has ruled that student Jesse Arm was within his First…