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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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LAWSUIT: Historian fights back after Pennsylvania state senator sues him for criticizing book
Sen. Doug Mastriano’s lawsuit is a textbook “SLAPP” case, in which powerful individuals sue their critics into silence through long, costly litigation.
FIRE statement on California’s Defending Democracy from Deepfake Deception Act
AB 2655 threatens Californians’ right to speak freely about politics in their state.
House passes historic legislation protecting free speech on college campuses
Public colleges must do more to protect the First Amendment rights of students and faculty on campus, according to a new bill in the House.
Kamala Harris comedy roast denied funding by University of South Carolina student senate
Despite pushback, the student senate denied funding to the student group Uncensored America for the event in a blatant example of viewpoint discrimination.