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Fall 2006 ‘FIRE Quarterly’ Now Available
This week, FIRE released its new issue of The FIRE Quarterly, which contains news updates on FIRE events and victories in cases at universities across the country. Check out the complete edition of the new Fall 2006 Quarterly here, and be sure to read The Torch this week for more highlights from this issue.
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FIRE’s award-winning Newsdesk covers the free speech news you need to stay informed.
X-man, champion of free speech? How absurd! — First Amendment News 396
Well, if you clicked on that link you just heard with your own ears Elon Musk’s commitment to free speech. Amazing! So libertarian, so principled — and, yes, so ironic!
VICTORY: Ashland abandons demand for prior review of student newspaper, recommits to expressive freedom after FIRE’s intervention
Ashland sUniversity aid it will no longer require prior review for The Collegian and reaffirmed that it supports the paper’s right to press freedom after intervention by FIRE.
Federal law unconstitutionally lets government officials and public figures veto their critics’ trademarks
In new friend-of-the-court filing, FIRE asks Supreme Court to affirm lower court decision striking “consent” requirement for trademarks.
Fellowship of Christian Athletes scores big Ninth Circuit win for religious liberty and freedom of association
Belief-based student groups won an important victory last week in a federal appeals court, which restored the ability of many such groups to meet on public campuses and in public schools in the many western states.