When violence threatens protected speech, universities must act to remove lawbreakers instead of infringing expressive rights. Shutting down events rewards violent protestors and punishes speakers. But Penn State appears to have done exactly that on Monday.
Penn State must detail the ‘threat’ that led to cancellation of the controversial event and why police allegedly failed to intervene after witnessing several assaults amongst the hundreds gathered to protest.
After protests disrupted constitutional scholar Ilya Shapiro at a campus event in March, UC Hastings promised to revise its policies to protect free speech
FIRE is monitoring reports that a student-organized speech by commentator Tomi Lahren last night at the University of New Mexico faced substantial disruption.