James Kirchick: 'Abolish Speech Codes Entirely'
How identity politics and institutional cowardice have undermined the free speech on which our society relies.
How identity politics and institutional cowardice have undermined the free speech on which our society relies.
The court concludes that, because the plaintiff hadn't applied to be hired, he didn't have standing to challenge the policy.
Republicans should remember that they have spent years railing against censorship on college campuses.
that it’s probably not “‘trying to advance the public exchange of ideas’ essential to a healthy democracy.”
The lawyers also argue that the speech in the newspaper was “not made pursuant to its right of free speech, but to instead to advance the personal agendas of male faculty members at Notre Dame [and others].”
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DEI statements are political litmus tests.
The media response to Claudine Gay's ouster has been ludicrous.
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The next president should put more effort into fixing the college's abysmal free speech ranking.
Restricting speech about the world's most pressing problems does not make them go away, nor does it settle any disputes.
Academic malfeasance by Harvard's president deserves media coverage and condemnation, not excuses.
A graduate student was forced to take down two pro-Palestinian signs from the door of her art studio, but others were allowed to keep up their own political messages.
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"The job of academia is the discovery of truth. Universities should not be in the bullshit business."
In her article, University of Pennsylvania professor Claire O. Finkelstein absurdly argued that colleges treat free speech as "near-sacred."
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Liz Magill and two other university leaders provoked bipartisan outrage by defending freedom of expression on campus.
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Younger Americans, in particular, appear to support calls for Palestinian liberation, but do they understand what a common slogan means?
Let's focus concretely on proposed bans on advocacy of "genocide," at Stanford and beyond.
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"We have had no end of a lesson: it will do us no end of good."
Only one option will preserve the central mission of the university
"And in (partial) defense of Harvard President Claudine Gay's controversial congressional testimony."
"Conservatives like Rep. Elise Stefanik should ask themselves: Do you honestly believe this [proposed new rule against "calls for genocide"] won't be weaponized to ban an Israeli cabinet official from speaking at Penn? An Israeli Defense Force soldier?"
"Double standards are frustrating, but we should address them by demanding free speech be protected consistently — not by expanding the calls for censorship."
Both pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian activism has been suppressed on campuses.
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Respecting free speech defends individual rights and lets people show us who they are.
The university is violating John Strauss's free speech rights.
University of Southern California appears to ignore its own policy to remove professor from campus over alleged speech