Appeals court rules UW violated computer science professor’s free speech rights

A divided federal appeals court ruled that the University of Washington violated a computer science professor’s First ...

UW Professor's Parody of Land Acknowledgment in Class Syllabus Protected by First Amendment

"[I]n the public university setting, student disagreement with a professor's academic speech on an issue of public concern cannot alter the Pickering analysis in the government's favor." A short ...
The Atlantic

The Third Red Scare

Early last month, the White House convened a meeting of right-wing influencers for a livestreamed discussion of antifa and the danger they claim it poses. Over the course of the roundtable, President ...
Tennessean

As free speech debates rage, Americans have low understanding of First Amendment

An annual survey published by the Freedom Forum shows this year that American's understanding of their First Amendment rights remains low. Even as the First Amendment takes centerstage after the ...
Politifact

President Trump said he ‘brought back free speech.’ His first 100 days tell a different story.

Hours after President Donald Trump took his second-term oath of office, he signed an executive order describing his commitment to the First Amendment and the right he said it affords people to "speak ...
Reason

Federal Court Rules Speech-Based Deportations of Non-Citizen Students and Academics Violate the First Amendment

Today, in AAUP v. Rubio, federal district Judge William G. Young (appointed by Ronald Reagan) ruled that speech-based deportations of foreign students and academics violate the First Amendment. Here ...
The Atlantic

The Attorney General’s Attack on Free Speech

Attorney General Pam Bondi, America’s highest-ranking law-enforcement official, declared in an interview posted to YouTube yesterday that federal law enforcement will “go after” Americans for hate ...