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Scootergate!
On August 17, 2010, University of Georgia graduate student Jacob Lovell e-mailed a complaint to UGA Parking Services concerning limited scooter parking. Although Parking Services specifically asks students for both "negative & positive" comments, Lovell spent nearly a month under the threat of punishment after submitting his complaint.
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LAWSUIT: FIRE challenges unconstitutional provisions Rubio uses in crusade to deport legal immigrants over protected speech
FIRE seeks a landmark ruling that the First Amendment forbids the government from deporting lawfully present noncitizens for constitutionally protected speech
Fiction is not a felony
In courts across the country, prosecutors are turning lyrics into alleged confessions. A new bipartisan bill — the RAP Act — aims to protect artistic freedom.
The Trump administration doesn’t need to go to Brazil to find government censorship. It can look in a mirror.
The Trump administration is railing against censorship in Brazil while cracking down on speech here at home, but in the fight against global censorship, hypocrisy isn’t just unhelpful — it’s dangerous.
FIRE statement on Iowa's book ban
In a new amicus brief, FIRE urges the court to block Iowa's broad book ban, which targets any book depicting a "sex act."