(Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. She wants to be the swing vote. And that might lead her to issue opinions that seem to be more moderate than the conservative majority. We should expect to see Supreme Court advocates and lawyers think about how to…
DENVER, Aug. 14, 2024 — Political apparel is back in style at the Colorado State Capitol. After Capitol officials kicked Jeff Hunt out of the senate public gallery for wearing a pro-life sweatshirt, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression demanded in a July 16 letter that they stop playing fashion police. Faced with a potential First…
Capital campaigns are exciting! They hold the power to transform your work, your opportunities and your mission. But let’s be real – we all know they are a heavy and complex lift. One key success factor: The strength of your volunteer leadership. The right volunteer leaders can absolutely make or break your campaign. That’s where…
Pick a year in the last decade and you’re likely to find an open FIRE investigation into some kind of speech repression at Fordham University. We’ve sent the university numerous letters about their incursions into the expressive freedoms of students and faculty and even filed an amicus brief in court supporting a student we believed the university had wronged….
Here’s the thing: This isn’t the first time Above the Law has written about judges putting innocent teens in handcuffs. And not “innocent” as in, found not guilty by a jury, but “innocent” as in, not in the courtroom as a defendant. It’s… weird that it happened twice, right? Detroit judge Kenneth King of the…
I have a confession. In my more than 25 years doing knowledge work, I have often experienced technology platforms through a love/frustration lens. I truly believe that I can do more and do it better if I have the “right” tech solution. However, more often, I find myself struggling with a product that is misaligned…
Bates College in Maine took a step in the right direction this summer when, following a letter from FIRE, it made DEI statements optional rather than required for faculty job-seekers. Required DEI statements can function as litmus tests to weed out applicants who may hold dissenting views on vital political issues, threatening academic freedom and…
It’s not quite BattleBots, but competitors LexisNexis and Thomson Reuters both made significant announcements today involving the development of generative AI legal assistants within their products. Thomson Reuters, which last year acquired the CoCounsel legal assistant originally developed by Casetext, and which later announced plans to deploy it throughout its product lines, today unveiled what…
How has 19th-century English philosopher John Stuart Mill influenced America’s conception of free speech and the First Amendment? In their new book, “The Supreme Court and the Philosopher: How John Stuart Mill Shaped U.S. Free Speech Protections,” co-authors Eric Kasper and Troy Kozma look at how the Supreme Court has increasingly aligned its interpretation of…
In law school, I learned that risk is ever-present and unavoidable. This realization led me to agonize over any choice involving an “unknown.” I vividly recall planning a vacation that included renting a stationary houseboat. I worried incessantly about potential scenarios: “What if we were hit by another boat? Who would cover the damages?” “Does…