"While instructors enjoy considerable freedom and all individuals, when acting as private citizens, enjoy free speech rights, University policy does impose limits on using the classroom or one's course for purposes of political advocacy."
Repeatedly saying so isn't harassment under Florida law, court says.
“We've taught young people that any of their missteps or any of their heterodox opinions are grounds to tear them down. That's no way to grow up.”
“We've taught young people that any of their missteps or any of their heterodox opinions are grounds to tear them down. That's no way to grow up.”
Rikki Schlott and Greg Lukianoff discuss their new book, The Canceling of the American Mind.
Democrats and Republicans are united in thinking their political agendas trump the First Amendment.
Their proposal raises obvious free speech concerns.
Aside from narrowly defined exceptions, false speech is protected by the First Amendment.
The justices agreed to consider whether the Biden administration's efforts to suppress online "misinformation" were unconstitutional.
Douglass Mackey's case raised questions about free speech, overcriminalization, and a politicized criminal legal system.
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression responds.
Even content creators outside of New York would feel its effects.
We'll give you an answer within 14 days, and we can publish them within several weeks, if you'd like.
A judge tossed two of the claims against Afroman, finding that "the issue appears to be the humiliation and outrage that the officers feel at having their likenesses displayed and mocked."
That's what it answers when asked, "What are the best arguments against transgender rights?"
A federal judge barred the former president from "publicly targeting" witnesses, prosecutors, or court personnel.
Being against cancel culture requires consistency.
Sylvia Gonzalez, an anti-establishment politician, spent a day in jail for allegedly concealing a petition that she organized.
"Ironically, the actions of the police department have only proven my point," Noah Petersen said after being handcuffed, arrested, and jailed for his speech.
(That's Sasha Volokh, who occasionally blogs here.)
It depends on the state (or sometimes even county and city) where the employer is located.
Several federal judges had expressed skepticism about the constitutionality of penalizing physicians for departing from a government-defined "consensus."
A lawsuit against a Black Lives Matter activist could have a chilling impact on constitutionally protected activity.
Playboy fired the former porn star after she tweeted in defense of Hamas.
to go forward based partly on allegations that "DPH caused the suspension of [Alliance of Los Angeles County Parents'] Twitter Account."
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