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Tweet Your Support for the First Amendment on December 15!
Today, the First Amendment Center reminds us that there will be a nationwide celebration of the First Amendment on December 15, the 220th anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights. And as if that wasn't enough, for 14- to 22-year-olds there's also the chance to win one of 22 $5,000 scholarships when you use the #freetotweet hashtag on Twitter! You can visit www.freetotweet.org for more information. Join FIRE in celebrating 220 years of free speech and the Bill of Rights on December 15!
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FIRE’s award-winning Newsdesk covers the free speech news you need to stay informed.
Congress should require the government to disclose its communications with social media companies about user speech
Strong legislation is required to assure the American people that government officials are not abusing their power to censor online expression.
A step in the right direction: West Virginia Governor signs ‘New Voices’ bill into law
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice signed the Student Journalism and Press Freedom Protection Act into law, granting statutory protections to student journalists in public K-12 schools and public institutions of higher education.
Cornell must reject student government’s call for trigger warnings
Cornell University’s student assembly adopted a resolution urging the administration to require faculty to provide content warnings prior to discussing potentially “triggering” material in the classroom.
Stanford’s Gerald Gunther warned against campus limits on free speech three decades ago — First Amendment News 373
Professor Collins provides insight into the Stanford shoutdown of a federal judge through the example of Stanford Law School’s renowned constitutionalist Gerald Gunther (1927-2002), who predicted the problem that today has engulfed his law school.