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Here Today, Bong Tomorrow: Student Free Speech Rights Up In Smoke?
In what could be a dangerous decision rolling back student free speech rights, the Supreme Court ruled today in Morse v. Frederick that a high school can, consistent with the First Amendment, prohibit messages that seem to advocate drug use. Stay tuned for the rest of the week as FIRE analyzes this case and the possible effects it could have on student free speech rights.
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Should the First Amendment protect hate speech?
In America, hate speech is generally protected by the First Amendment. But should it be? Today's guest is out with a new book, "." W. Wat Hopkins is emeritus professor of communication at Virginia Tech, where he taught communication law and...
Here’s what students need to know about protesting on campus right now
As Israel/Gaza campus protests spread nationwide, FIRE answers questions about students’ expressive rights.
Kansas takes a stand for intellectual freedom
Kansas enacts FIRE’s model Intellectual Freedom Protection Act, which prohibits mandatory statements on diversity, equity, and inclusion, and all other political litmus tests.
FIRE joins animal advocates, free speech groups urging Ninth Circuit to affirm ruling that allows undercover audio recording
Secret recordings are essential to news gathering, exposés, say advocates in Project Veritas case.