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Brandeis Case Sets Court Test for Date Rape

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May 4, 2000

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In his first televised interview since being attacked, Rushdie says, “This is a bad moment for free expression because the attack is coming from so many different directions."

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The university faulted the group for drawing “a symbol of white, male power and domination.”

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No, the Berkeley Law student didn’t have a First Amendment right to interrupt the dean’s backyard party

April 15, 2024

A political protest at Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky’s student dinner party has elicited debate — and questions — over the First Amendment’s limits.

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Falsely claiming a First Amendment right at a dinner party at private home — FAN 419.1

April 12, 2024

First Amendment News is a weekly blog and newsletter about free expression issues by Ronald K. L. Collins and is editorially independent from FIRE.

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