FIRE’s 2023 interns talk free speech, First Amendment cases, and FIRE

Each year, FIRE welcomes a cohort of undergraduate interns into its Philadelphia office for its summer intern program.

Continuing a pattern and practice of unconstitutional diktats, OCR now requires schools to ‘promote diversity’ to comply with anti-discrimination laws

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights released a letter and resolution agreement regarding book removals at some Forsyth County Schools libraries in Georgia.

Machete madness: Hunter College professor calls pro-life display ‘violent,’ then threatens reporter with a massive blade for asking questions 

An adjunct assistant professor of art at New York’s Hunter College reacted angrily to two pro-life students tabling on campus by berating them and vandalizing their display.

Always room for improvement: FIRE’s top-ranked school drops the ball by denying TPUSA chapter recognition

The University of Chicago uncharacteristically violated its students’ associational rights by denying recognition to a chapter of the conservative group Turning Point USA.

Misunderstanding First Amendment, CUNY says anti-Israel commencement speech was not free speech but ‘hate speech’

After a student-selected speaker criticized Israel, the university, capitalism, and more in her May 12 law school commencement speech, the City University of New York released a statement calling the remarks “hate speech” and claiming they are not free speech.

FIRE Campus Scholar brings free speech workshops to Syracuse University

Nogaye Ndiaye is a senior at Syracuse University and a FIRE Campus Scholar

FIRE reminds Penn State that student groups have a right to determine their membership

A political student group moved to expel one of its members. Then an administrator tried to step in.

‘Old Roots, New Roots’: An exploration of environmentalism and free speech at Brown University

When searching for a college, I aspired to go to a place where I could be free — somewhere I could express myself and learn from my peers about their experiences in life.

University at Buffalo tramples First Amendment, threatens to derecognize dozens of student groups for affiliating with outside organizations

The University at Buffalo student government’s New Club Recognition Policy bars recognition to any student group that is a part of an outside organization.

FIRE calls on the Higher Learning Commission to take University of St. Thomas to church over free speech violations