The claims stemmed from the student's claim that classmates had harassed her, "doxed" her, and falsely accused her of assault in connection with the protests, and that as an indirect result she lost a job with a major law firm.
Ozturk's continued detention "potentially chills the speech of the millions and millions of people in this country who are not citizens," said U.S. District Judge William K. Sessions III.
The Harvard psychologist discusses recent gains for free speech at Harvard, growing political and ideological threats to academic freedom, and the importance of shared knowledge in sustaining truth and progress.
Campus protests against Israel have revived debates over the limits of First Amendment protections.
The brief gives a good explanation of why such actions violate the First Amendment.
A U.S. district judge called Mohsen Mahdawi’s detention a “great harm to a person who has been charged with no crime.”
"It is unthinkable that a person in a free society could be snatched from the street, imprisoned, and threatened with deportation for expressing an opinion the government dislikes," says FIRE.
To remain independent, institutions of higher education should end their reliance on taxpayer money.
The administration's demands extend far beyond its avowed concern about antisemitism and enforcement of "civil rights laws."
Harvard's law faculty previously criticized the Obama administration's assault on norms of free speech and due process.
Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi thought he was going to become an American. Instead, ICE whisked him away into detention.
The pro-censorship post was quite the Freudian slip from the Trump administration.
"Universities were bending over for federal funds long before Trump," writes Laura Kipnis.
The novelists join the podcast for a sharp, satirical dive into fiction, free speech, and the absurdity of modern culture.
A lawsuit brought by universities could potentially be much more effective than leaving individual students to fend for themselves.
"We're looking every day for these lunatics that are tearing things up," Rubio said in a Thursday press conference.
Conservatives are picking up the unconstitutional weapons that intolerant progressives have deployed against them.
As a federal judge, Maryanne Trump Barry said the provision is unconstitutionally vague. That's especially problematic when it is used to punish speech.
The judge ruled that Donald Trump and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's executive orders targeting "gender ideology" can't change the fact that drag performance is expressive conduct under the First Amendment.
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Border officials reportedly barred the academic from visiting Texas after finding anti-Trump messages on his phone.
by "Eugene Volokh, Michael C. Dorf, David Cole, and 15 other scholars."
The rationale for deporting Mahmoud Khalil is chillingly vague and broad.
The government's stated justification for deporting him is so unconvincing that it must not be allowed to stand.
The Seventh Circuit so held yesterday; the case also involved other controversial statements besides the expurgated slur.
Just eight colleges had official neutrality policies before the attack. By the end of 2024, it was almost 150.
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It's both unjust and unconstitutional.
Several months ago, Reason interviewed Mahmoud Khalil at a protest encampment. Now he’s sitting in ICE detention.
The law school's dean rejected the letter, arguing the First Amendment "guarantees that the government cannot direct what Georgetown and its faculty teach and how to teach it."
No? Then how can government refuse to hire Georgetown alumni, so long as Georgetown "teach[es] and promote[s] DEI"?
Texas A&M's Board of Regents voted to ban drag shows on the grounds that they objectify women and violate state and federal policies against promoting "gender ideology."
The department insists its directive will not suppress First Amendment rights.
Justice Thomas dissents from the Court's refusal to resolve a clear circuit split.
Combine moral zealotry with increasingly blurred lines between political speech and violence long enough, and the outcome is predictable.
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