Though the constitutional competition is great, free speech issues continue to weigh heavily in the scheme of things. Take, for example, the First Amendment issues raised in the following six cases on the Robert Court’s cert. docket: 1. Protests in public places near abortion clinics. The powerhouse team of Paul Clement and Erin Murphy are counsel for…
Introduce yourself in three words or phrases. I’m curious and quite strategic. And I like to hang around with people. What do you like most about your job? It allows me to meet with a lot of people. What I like about my current job is it allows me to combine all of that and…
After an open records request and a public statement from FIRE, the City of San Antonio, Texas, has agreed to stop hiding comments on the public San Antonio Animal Care Services Facebook page. This win comes after several critics of the agency’s euthanasia policy noticed that their comments on the agency’s posts would often disappear….
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Yesterday, the University of Pennsylvania completed its years-long end run around academic freedom to punish law professor Amy Wax. FIRE’s working hard to ensure Penn’s dubious tactics won’t become the new playbook for private universities, which, unlike public universities, are not bound by the First Amendment. Long under pressure to “do something” about the controversial…
Convening in Toulouse ahead of the international EAIE 2024 conference, Universities Canada and France Universités signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen the two countries’ higher education sectors and communities. “The partnerships and insights gained through this agreement will help Canadian universities collaborate across Europe to tackle some of the biggest global challenges…
The landscape of higher education is evolving rapidly, driven in large by part by the ability of artificial intelligence (AI) to reshape the way colleges and universities operate, from personalized learning experiences to enhancing administrative efficiency. To help industry professionals gain a better understanding of the opportunities and considerations surrounding the implementation of AI on…
It’s no secret that America’s colleges and universities struggle to uphold a foundational constitutional right: Freedom of expression. FIRE’s 2025 College Free Speech Rankings show that roughly a quarter of students think it is not clear that their administration protects free speech on campus. And if a free speech controversy were to erupt? More than a…
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BALTIMORE, Sept. 26 2024 —The American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Maryland, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, and the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University filed an amicus brief last night in support of University of Maryland Students for Justice in Palestine’s lawsuit, which challenges the university’s ban on all student-led expressive…