Back in 2000, the University of Oklahoma tried to punish Professor Deming for “sexual harassment” for writing a letter to the campus paper in support of gun rights that some people found offensive.
What is at stake in federal court in North Carolina today is the very existence of a secure, viable, and distinct religious voice in our nation’s universities.
A federal court in North Carolina will hear oral arguments in a case which challenges the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s decision to derecognize a Christian fraternity for limiting membership to Christian males.
Since June 2004, FIRE has been part of a national coalition urging the California Supreme Court to reverse a state appellate court decision that has profoundly chilling implications for free speech.
The University of California, Santa Barbara has abandoned an attempt to force the owner of a website called The Dark Side of UCSB from using the letters "UCSB" in his web address.