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University of Utah

University of Utah: Department of Communication’s Anti-Racist Code of Conduct Ripe For Abuse

Teaser: A department’s Anti-Racist Code of Conduct makes it easy for leadership to violate faculty members’ free speech and academic freedom rights

Advocacy

West Texas A&M University

Spectrum WT v. Walter Wendler: President Cancels Student-Organized Drag Show, Citing Religion, Natural Rights, and Intent to Violate the First Amendment, if Need Be

On March 20, 2023, Walter Wendler, the president of West Texas A&M University, abruptly canceled a drag show that a student group — Spectrum WT, an organization for LGBTQ+ students and their allies — was planning to hold at the public university.

Litigation

University of South Carolina Columbia

University of South Carolina: University Reverses Course, Recognizes Free Speech Student Group

University initially denied recognition because of purported similarities to another group on campus, but after FIRE’s intervention, it changed its mind.

FIRE Victory Advocacy

Eastern Washington University

Eastern Washington University: Professor Blocked on Twitter for Tweets Critical of University

EWU commits to unblocking critics and revising unconstitutional policy

FIRE Victory Advocacy

Delaware State University

Delaware State University: Confidentiality Agreement Required for Students Joining Campus Safety Committee

FIRE wrote Delaware State University after it required all students seeking to join Safe Space Coalition committees, tasked with assessing campus safety, to sign confidentiality agreements banning them from discussing “any and all information related to . . . [their] participation as a committee member.”

FIRE Victory Advocacy

University of Denver

University of Denver: Law School Restricts Protests to ‘Free Speech Zones,’ Chills Event Organizers’ Speech

FIRE wrote Denver Law after it restricted the rights of both student event organizers and event protesters.

Advocacy

University of California, Santa Cruz

University of California, Santa Cruz: University’s Restrictions on Interviews with Reporters Violate the First Amendment

UCSC censors not only the press, but also its employees, by requiring interview requests be funneled through administration.

Advocacy

The Ohio State University

The Ohio State University: Faculty Applicants Required to Submit Diversity Statements

OSU joins a growing number of schools requiring DEI statements as part of faculty applications.

Advocacy

Lewis-Clark State College

Lewis-Clark State College: Administration Orders Art Exhibit Curator to Remove Abortion-Themed Pieces

Lewis-Clark State College cites Idaho law prohibiting the state from promoting or facilitating abortions as reason for removing abortion-themed artwork from exhibit.

Advocacy

Stanford University

Stanford University: Law Students, Administrator Disrupt Federalist Society Event Featuring 5th Circuit Judge

FIRE wrote Stanford after a Fifth Circuit Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan attempted to speak at a Federalist Society-organized event at Stanford Law School when dozens of protesters heckled him, preventing him from finishing his remarks, and an administrator questioned the university's commitment to free speech.

FIRE Victory Advocacy

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Case Archive

University of Utah: Department of Communication’s Anti-Racist Code of Conduct Ripe For Abuse

Spectrum WT v. Walter Wendler: President Cancels Student-Organized Drag Show, Citing Religion, Natural Rights, and Intent to Violate the First Amendment, if Need Be

University of South Carolina: University Reverses Course, Recognizes Free Speech Student Group

Eastern Washington University: Professor Blocked on Twitter for Tweets Critical of University

Delaware State University: Confidentiality Agreement Required for Students Joining Campus Safety Committee

University of Denver: Law School Restricts Protests to ‘Free Speech Zones,’ Chills Event Organizers’ Speech

University of California, Santa Cruz: University’s Restrictions on Interviews with Reporters Violate the First Amendment

The Ohio State University: Faculty Applicants Required to Submit Diversity Statements

Lewis-Clark State College: Administration Orders Art Exhibit Curator to Remove Abortion-Themed Pieces

Stanford University: Law Students, Administrator Disrupt Federalist Society Event Featuring 5th Circuit Judge

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Villanova University

State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota: Art Organization Pulls Scheduled Exhibition After School Requests Removal of Pieces with “Offensive” Words

State College of Florida, Manatee–Sarasota

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