Should public colleges and universities do more to protect the First Amendment rights of students and faculty on campus? Today, the House of Representatives responded with an emphatic YES. On a bipartisan vote this afternoon, the House passed what would be the most comprehensive federal statutory protections for free speech on campus ever. The legislation now heads…
When your free speech rights are violated, FIRE doesn’t back down. After several missives and a final warning to the university, FIRE is filing an accreditor complaint against New York University for flagrantly violating the expressive rights of its students and faculty. NYU has had multiple chances to defend its record, either publicly or privately, but…
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We know the pain. We wallow in the sadness. The poets and painters, they are our light in a dangerous and depressed world. For real. If it weren’t for the James Baldwins and Louise Erdriches; or the stories of sadness or narratives love triumphing over oppression, all of the pain, all the sadness–all…
The tech startup world is rife with drama, secrecy, and scandal. The post Dirty Legal Secrets: When Startup Drama Takes Center Stage In Law appeared first on Above the Law. #Dirty #Legal #Secrets #Startup #Drama #Takes #Center #Stage #Law
Below is a statement from FIRE Director of Public Advocacy Aaron Terr on California Assembly Bill 2655: How many unconstitutional laws can a state enact in one day? We already explained some of the problems with AB 2839, which criminalizes sharing digitally modified “deceptive content” about candidates for office for any reason, even to criticize it….
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Below is a statement from FIRE Vice President of Campus Advocacy Alex Morey on University of Pennsylvania’s sanctions against law professor Amy Wax: After years of promising it would find a way to punish professor Amy Wax for her controversial views on race and gender, Penn delivered today — despite zero evidence Wax ever discriminated…
I am excited to share the latest annual report from the North Carolina Judicial College. Spoiler alert: In fiscal year 2023-2024, we offered more courses (51!) to more participants (more than 3,200!) than we have in my previous years as Judicial College Director. And our participants were pleased with the content, awarding our courses an…
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