Does the First Amendment Cover Books, Movies or Netflix?
Not as clear cut to regulators as it may be to the rest of us.
Free Speech
UVA Prof 'Agrees' to Leave of Absence After Criticizing Black Lives Matter
Did the university force him?
Backpage.com CEO Carl Ferrer Arrested in Texas for Pimping, Conspiracy
The charges stem not from Ferrer's own actions but because he owned a user-generated ad website where these activities are said to take place.
'You Do Not As a White Cis Man Tell Me to Calm Down!' Angry Students Overwhelm YAF Meeting
Kansas students who hate the Constitution are making good use of the First Amendment.
SCOTUS Won't Hear Illinois Sheriff's Appeal of Order to Stop Threatening Credit Card Companies for Working With Backpage
Visa and Mastercard had ceased serving the site under threat of sanction from the Illinois sheriff.
Separation of Church and State
Protecting America From Religious Zealots
Conservatives are looking in the wrong place.
American University Student Government Launches Campaign for Mandatory Trigger Warnings
'Without trigger warnings, students who have endured trauma... can be excluded for the classroom.'
Columbia Student: I Was Reported to Gender-Based Misconduct Office for Calling Myself Handsome
When universities give this much power to the always-offended, they make it impossible to have a dialogue about anything.
Janet Napolitano Defends Free Speech on University of California Campus
But UC's president has some blind spots in her pro-free speech stance.
Instapundit Glenn Reynolds on his Twitter Suspension, Online Free Speech, & His Presidential Vote
Why cops get away with criminal behavior, how the Internet is getting boring, and why a Trump presidency isn't necessarily a bad thing.
California Censors IMDB Because of Hollywood's Alleged Ageism
Lawmakers attempt to tell online database what information it's allowed to publish.
Clemson U. Says Harambe Jokes Are Allowed. It Should Tell Its RAs That.
But the university is still going to watch out for bias incidents
Euro Logic: We Must Kill Free Speech to Promote Free Speech
Americans must resist the delusional embrace of E.U.-style "hate speech" rules.
7 Issues That Won't Be Treated Seriously at Tonight's Debate in Gary Johnson's Absence
Remove the Libertarian and there goes fiscal sanity, federalism, and free speech.
Clown Panic Creeping Into Criminal Justice
This week has seen the arrest of one creepy clown and one child who intended to fend off creepy clowns with a knife if necessary.
'My Pronouns Are They!' Hysterical Kansas Students Inadvertently Make the Case Against Safe Spaces
Discussion between leftists and YAF conservatives was uncomfortable, angry, and necessary.
In 3D-Printed Gun Case, Federal Court Permits Speech Censorship in the Name of Alleged National Security
Prior restraint keeps blueprints off the Internet.
Dallas Photographer Busted for Taking Pictures in Public Files First Amendment Suit
"There is freedom of the press," observed a puzzled paramedic who witnessed the arrest.
Northern Michigan University Might Have the 'Most Dangerous' Speech Code Ever
Students are prohibited from talking about their suicidal thoughts with others.
Yelp Refuses to Remove Reviews Ruled Defamatory—With Good Reason. Will California Supreme Court Agree?
The precedent-setting case could have major implications for all sorts of online publishers.
Debating NYU's Jeremy Waldron on Free Speech vs. Hate Speech on College Campuses
Why America should never join the rest of the world in enacting hate speech bans
UPDATED! In Defense of Instapundit Glenn Reynolds, Suspended from Twitter for Suggesting Motorists "Run Down" Charlotte Protesters
Chilled speech isn't like chilled vodka; it sends people out the door quicker than you might think. [UPDATE: Reynolds has been un-suspended.]
Arizona Calligraphers Sue to Keep from Having to Write Gay Wedding Invitations
It's speech-but is it 'expressive' speech?
Ohio Man Arrested for Mocking Cops Files First Amendment Lawsuit
Anthony Novak's parody of the Parma Police Department's Facebook page prompted a felony prosecution.
Which Major Party Presidential Candidate Blamed Free Speech for Terrorism Today?
Trick question-it was both of them.
Anti-Israel Speech on Campus Shouldn't Be Banned, According to CUNY Investigation
Report states "CUNY cannot punish" pro-Palestinian group for their politics, but "can still condemn" anti-Semitism.
Video: Student Forced to Remove Trump Hat, 'You're Not Allowed to Share Hate Language'
'You've got to take the hat off or I'm going to write to the president of the university...'
Video: More Crazed Yale Students Attack Staffer for 'Creating Space for Violence'
Think safe spaces aren't a problem? You might change your mind after watching these students shout at Nicholas Christakis.
Today in History: Socialist Eugene Debs Sentenced to Prison for Giving Anti-War Speech
In case in which the government and the courts rejected the First Amendment.
Climate Change Subpoenas Versus Free Speech
Constitutional rights threatened by the legal storms over global warming
Did This 'Triggered' Student Censor a Pro-Trump Display? Nope, Not Even a Little Bit
James O'Keefe video adds nothing to the campus free speech debate
UMass-Amherst Says Students Won't Get in Trouble for Harambe Jokes. But…
'Dicks out for Harambe' is okay. Probably.
Philly Can't Turn Entire Airport Into Emotional Safe Space, Say Judges In NAACP-Ad Case
The NAACP just won a years-long First-Amendment fight with the city of Philadelphia.
UMass-Amherst: Harambe Jokes Are Racist Microaggressions, Violate Title IX
'Any negative remarks regarding 'Harambe' will be seen as a direct attack to our campus's African American community.'
Did the Free Market Create Political Incorrectness?
"The real threat to free inquiry isn't students, but that same market imperative that First Amendment defenders claim to hold dear." Wrong!
Political Correctness Prevents Syracuse University from Screening Israeli Film
'I will lose credibility with a number of film and Women/Gender studies colleagues.'
Melissa Click, Having Learned Nothing, Somehow Teaching Again
Gonzaga University hires the controversial former Mizzou communications professor.
Claremont McKenna College: 'We Do Not Mandate Trigger Warnings.' Period.
In line with the University of Chicago, Claremont McKenna College describes free speech as 'foundational.'
University of Illinois Activists Want to Punish Students for 'Non-Inclusive' Behavior, Theme Parties
Hate speech should result in 'consequences, repercussions, whatever you want to call it,' says student government.
Duke University Has a Safe Space Room. For 'Healing.'
We wouldn't want to expose students to contrary ideas.
Critics of U. Chicago Say Trigger Warnings Aren't Mandatory. Here's Proof They're Wrong.
Drexel University, among other schools, seems to require trigger warnings when it comes to sex and gender.
