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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.

FIRE Guides to Student Rights on Campus

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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Student Defenders Advocacy

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Student Conduct Process vs Criminal Process

What’s the difference between a student conduct process and a criminal process? FIRE has the answers.

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Student Defenders Sample Constitution

From drafting a mission statement to electing officers, fill in the blanks to get started!

Student Defenders Getting Started

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Starting a Student Defenders Group on Your Campus

Student Defenders help educate fellow students on their rights during a campus disciplinary proceeding.

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Student Defenders Guidebook

Due process and the right to a fair hearing is threatened on college campuses across America.

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FIRE Letter to University of Minnesota Medical School, October 13, 2022

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MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION HEARING TRANSCRIPT

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FIRE Second Letter to University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, October 11, 2022

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Host a FIRE Speaker On Your Campus

Hosting a FIRE speaker at your school is a great way to catalyze social change at your institution and educate your campus community about the importance of free speech, due process, and religious liberty.

What does the First Amendment protect on social media?

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What does the First Amendment protect on social media?

Does the First Amendment to the United States Constitution protect a private social media company's right to moderate content on its platform?A new ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit says it does not, and that a Texas law...

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Issue Pages

FIRE Statement on Free Speech and Online Payment Processors

Online payment processors like Venmo and PayPal often deny Americans access to these vital services based on their speech or viewpoints.

Nature Human Misbehavior

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Nature Human Misbehavior

"Should academic journals appoint themselves social justice gatekeepers?"That is the question journalist and author Jonathan Rauch asks in responding to new ethics guidance from the academic journal Nature Human Behaviour. The journal introduces...

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FIRE Quarterly

FIRE Quarterly Summer 2022

History of the First Amendment

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History of Free Speech

From the Magna Carta to Citizens United, explore FIRE's timeline of key moments in the history of free speech.

FIRE Article, "Nature Human Misbehavior: politicized science is neither science nor progress" (Sept. 14, 2022)

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FIRE Article, "Nature Human Misbehavior: politicized science is neither science nor progress" (Sept. 14, 2022)

This article titled "Nature Human Misbehavior: politicized science is neither science nor progress" by Johnathan Rauch was published on FIRE's Newsdesk on September 14, 2022. View for all links to citations and related...