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Research & Learn

Explore FIRE's expansive library of resources and research on free speech, due process, and other civil liberties.

Learn with FIRE

Learn with FIRE provides learners with the opportunity to take courses on a wide range of topics, including free speech and due process, designed by our expert staff.

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2022 College Free Speech Rankings

The 2022 College Free Speech Rankings are based on the voices of 45,000 currently enrolled students at over 200 colleges.

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Supreme Court Cases

Explore Supreme Court opinions, overview essays, academic discussions, and other resources to get the full picture of how the United States’ culture of free speech and First Amendment law has developed over the years.

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FIRE’s Guides to Student Rights on Campus emphasize the critical importance of rule of law and fair procedure over partisan and repressive rules.

Scholars Under Fire

Scholars Under Fire: 2021 Year in Review

Over the past seven years, 537 incidents targeting a scholar for some form of professional sanction over constitutionally protected speech have occurred in higher education, and almost two-thirds of these targeting incidents have resulted in a sanction.

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Bob Corn-Revere on censorship: the 'bastard child of technology'

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Bob Corn-Revere on censorship: the 'bastard child of technology'

New technologies and the censorship instinct seem...

How Daryl Davis, a black man, defeats the KKK w/ dialogue

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How Daryl Davis, a black man, defeats the KKK w/ dialogue

Daryl Davis, a 58-year-old black man, has a quest...

Rob Corry, 'speech code slayer'

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Rob Corry, 'speech code slayer'

In 1994, law student Rob Corry joined with eight ...

chilling effect

Issue Pages

Chilling Effect Overview

The "chilling effect" refers to a phenomenon where individuals or groups refrain from engaging in expression for fear of running afoul of a law or regulation.

Flemming Rose, Editor of 'the Muhammad Cartoons'

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Flemming Rose, Editor of 'the Muhammad Cartoons'

Flemming Rose didn't set out to put himself at th...

Reports

Bias Response Team Report 2017

The posture taken by many Bias Response Teams is likely to create profound risks to freedom of expression and academic freedom on campus.

The 'Turkey Purge' w/ Prof. Beth Baron

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The 'Turkey Purge' w/ Prof. Beth Baron

We continue our conversation about the Turkish go...

The 'Turkey Purge' w/ Mahir Zeynalov

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The 'Turkey Purge' w/ Mahir Zeynalov

If you care about free expression, you should car...

Ken White of 'Popehat' Talks Nat Hentoff, Worst Censors of 2016

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Ken White of 'Popehat' Talks Nat Hentoff, Worst Censors of 2016

Ken White has made a name for himself in First Am...

Campus Free Speech Round Table: Fall 2016 Semester in Review

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Campus Free Speech Round Table: Fall 2016 Semester in Review

A precipitous decline in the percentage of school...

ACLU National Legal Director David Cole

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ACLU National Legal Director David Cole

In July, the ACLU tapped Georgetown University La...

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The First Amendment Salons

Reports

Spotlight on Speech Codes 2017

As of September 2016, 27 schools received a green light rating from FIRE. This number is up from 22 schools as of last year’s report.

Free Speech Profiles: Attorney Martin Garbus

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Free Speech Profiles: Attorney Martin Garbus

Attorney Martin Garbus' client list is a who's wh...

Denying the Holocaust

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Denying the Holocaust

In 1996, Emory University Professor Deborah Lipst...