Faculty Lounge Tennessee’s Law School Dean Issues Statement on Glenn Reynolds’ Tweet Spencer Irvine September 28, 2016 Dean Melanie Wilson said the following about Glenn Reynolds’ tweet, which offended his colleagues as well as Twitter (he was…
Faculty Lounge Libertarian Law Professor Glenn Reynolds Issues Apology for Tweet Spencer Irvine Glenn Reynolds, a law professor at the University of Tennessee, tweeted something along the lines of running Black Lives Matter…
Faculty Lounge Student Op-Ed Talks Up Free Speech, but Blasts It, Too Spencer Irvine September 22, 2016 The author talks a lot about letting free speech fly on GW’s campus, then says Milo should refrain from hate…
Faculty Lounge Trump Cutout Torn to Shreds by Cal-Berkeley Protesters Spencer Irvine September 12, 2016 Looks like College Republicans at Cal-Berkeley are being singled out by anti-Trump college students who don’t appreciate free speech. Protesters…
Faculty Lounge Why did a Professor Tear Down 9/11 Posters? Spencer Irvine September 11, 2016 Well, the Young Americans for Freedom chapter at Saddleback College did not like the free speech restrictions on their campus and posted…
Faculty Lounge South Carolina School Bans American Flag at Football Games due to Taunting Spencer Irvine September 1, 2016 The Travelers Rest High School community saw a flag ban instituted by the school’s principal due to taunting in previous…
Guest Articles Does the University of Chicago Really Protect Free Expression? John K. Wilson August 29, 2016 Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on the Academe Blog. It’s praiseworthy that the University of Chicago has announced…
Faculty Lounge Louisiana University has Restrictive Free Speech Code of Only Speaking You Mind for Two Hours a Week Spencer Irvine August 28, 2016 This sounds outrageous, but it’s apparently true at Northwestern State University in Louisiana: The school earned the uncoveted “Speech Code…
Guest Articles DePaul Bans Campus Speaker John K. Wilson August 12, 2016 Editor’s Note: This piece was originally published on the Academe Blog. DePaul University has banned conservative pundit Ben Shapiro from…
Faculty Lounge DePaul Should Make a Decision on Letting Speakers Back onto Campus Spencer Irvine August 11, 2016 The Chicago Tribune featured an op-ed by its editorial board, which criticized the private Catholic university DePaul for barring controversial…
Faculty Lounge No Sanctions for University of Houston Student after ‘All Lives Matter’ Social Media Post Spencer Irvine August 10, 2016 The president of the University of Houston, Shane Smith, removed the 50-day suspension and instead, student body vice president Rohini…
Faculty Lounge Why did the RNC and DNC Conventions Suppress Free Speech? Spencer Irvine August 2, 2016 An intriguing read over at the libertarian outlet Reason on the suppression of the First Amendment by the two major…
