The panel was moderated by Fifth Circuit Judge James Ho, and included former Solicitor General Paul Clement, Prof. Renee Lettow Lerner, legal journalist David Lat, lawyer Jay Edelson, and me.
A rogues’ gallery of institutions that anybody with an independent mind should skip.
"My artwork is unapologetic," said the artist. "Sometimes it can be very political. Sometimes it can be very controversial."
It's the "Immigration - Written and Oral Reform Declaration (I-WORD) Joint Resolution" from 2021.
Amna Khalid and Jeffrey Aaron Snyder argue that we should not kid ourselves about the threat university DEI bureaucracies pose to academic freedom, but is there a better way?
Should conservatives worry about breaking the norm of political non-interference with state universities?
"The evidence is sufficient to raise [but not to resolve] serious questions on the merits of Plaintiff's claim that Defendant stabin blocked him on account of his expression of a viewpoint."
seems to have gone very well.
Daryl Morey raises concerns about the lack of free expression at his alma mater.
"Hamline subjected López Prater to the foregoing adverse actions because . . . she did not conform her conduct to the specific beliefs of a Muslim sect," the lawsuit states.
A broader perspective on the Hamline controversy.
The proposed fellow would have been Kenneth Roth, former head of Human Rights Watch, and apparently a highly prominent expert on the subject.
Legislative restrictions on ideas and viewpoints that can be advocated in the classroom undermine free inquiry
"If Hamline won't listen to free speech advocates or faculty across the country, they'll have to listen to their accreditor," said FIRE attorney Alex Morey, who filed the complaint.
In email to campus Hamline University president reemphasizes that academic freedom does not exist there
Art history professor fired for showing class a famous Persian art work depicting the Prophet Muhammad
"On Hamline University's shocking imposition of narrow religious orthodoxy in the classroom."
"[T]rauma and lived experiences," the newspaper says, "are not open for debate."
As free speech becomes an increasingly important part of the culture war, people won't stop misinterpreting—and outright violating—the First Amendment.
Their suggested replacement for 'Karen' is far more offensive than the term itself.
District court's opinion in Gruber v. Bruce shows problem with how Pickering balancing is done
"Consider that—as reported in the local paper—several students were so distraught over this event and afraid for their 'physical and emotional safety' that they claimed they could not even be inside Green Hall at the same time as the speaker. Perhaps this should alert us to an institutional failure to cultivate the norms, habits, and skills necessary to the task of lawyering."
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