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Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression: UW-Madison barks up the wrong tree by investigating student group for b...

MADISON, Wis., June 25, 2026 — An animal rights student group faces a disciplinary investigation at the University of Wisconsin-Madison after hanging fliers critical of a local dog...

Settlement as to "California Law Prohibiting Anyone from Sharing Lawfully Obtained Information About Sealed Arrest Recor...

From FIRE (the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression) today: In a win for press freedom rights and free expression,… The post Settlement as to "California Law Prohibiting...

FIRE’s Flawed Study on Political Donations and Viewpoint Diversity

FIRE’s Flawed Study on Political Donations and Viewpoint Diversity Sara Brady Mon, 06/01/2026 - 03:00 AM Fancy charts and extensive analysis can’t change its fundamental and fat...

First Amendment Protects Universities From Florida's Stop WOKE Act

In the U.S., government officials aren’t allowed to fight ideas they don’t like with censorship.

FIRE Files Lawsuit Against ICE Violations of the First Amendment

ICE is a menace to freedom of speech, as well as other civil liberties.

US Law Faculty Report Growing Fear of Speaking Out

Ma Fatima of JD Journal has a story on a new national survey that found widespread self-censorship among U.S. law faculty: “The survey, conducted by the Foundation for Individual R...

Protecting the First Amendment

T-Shirt Thoughtcrimes at Florida International

T-Shirt Thoughtcrimes at Florida International Sara Brady Tue, 07/07/2026 - 03:00 AM All bans on protests are automatically viewpoint discrimination....

The First Amendment’s ‘trust’ in young adults

A court ruling on academic freedom in Florida also affirms college students’ ability and right to exercise independent reasoning as they sift through ideas “good and bad, easy and...

A Majority of Law Professors Say Legal Education Is Heading in the Wrong Direction 

Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), Free Expression in a Climate of Self-Censorship: A National Survey of American Law Faculty: Executive Summary. This report p...

Brian Fraley: Wisconsin forged a fortress for press freedom in 1848. We are still fighting to keep it open

Wisconsin entered statehood with one of the strongest free expression guarantees in the nation. Article I, Section 3 of the Wisconsin Constitution declared that every person may fr...

Universities Hiring Student Expression Specialists

Universities Hiring Student Expression Specialists Emma Whitford Wed, 06/17/2026 - 03:00 AM The new staff members will focus on creating, explaining and...

Court Rejects Professor's Claim That Discontinuation of University DEI Offices and Programs Violated Professor's Rights

From Judge Matthew McFarland (S.D. Ohio) Thursday in Rice v. Schell; the analysis seems basically correct to me: [T]he Advance… The post Court Rejects Professor's Claim That Discon...

San José State Prof Sues Over ‘Gross Violation’ of Rights

San José State Prof Sues Over ‘Gross Violation’ of Rights Emma Whitford Tue, 06/30/2026 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Emma Whitfo...

Activist Alert

“The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.” ― bell hooks, author … Continue reading →

'Unmasking, Naming, and Shaming': This Academic Freedom Group Is Pushing for Campus Censorship

Public records obtained by City Journal show the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom has taken a bizarrely censorial approach to its mission.

The Illinois Bar vs. Free Speech

"Tennessee Man Jailed 37 Days for Trump Meme Wins $835,000 Settlement"

From the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education Wednesday: After spending 37 days in jail for nothing more than posting… The post "Tennessee Man Jailed 37 Days for Trump Mem...

Academic Freedom & State Schools

Academic freedom is usually taken as being more than merely the right to freely make specific claims in that it is supposed to provide broad protection in such matters asRead More

Yale Faculty Say Academic Freedom Has Decreased. Some Fear Dismissal or Arrest.

Yale Faculty Say Academic Freedom Has Decreased. Some Fear Dismissal or Arrest. Emma Whitford Tue, 05/26/2026 - 03:00 AM Byline(s)...

$150K Settlement as to Community College "Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility" Requirements for Teaching

The Institute for Free Speech, which represented Bakersfield College Prof. Daymon Johnson, reports: Johnson has secured a settlement that makes… The post $150K Settlement as to Com...

How Defending Free Speech Can Unite Unlikely Allies

The Trump administration's threats to First Amendment rights have inspired a broad front defending free speech, freedom of the press, protest rights and more. The post How Defendi...

Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Protecting Group Flying "8647" Flag

The flag, in context, likely doesn't fit within the First Amendment exception for true threats of illegal conduct or incitement of illegal conduct.

Panel on Free Speech at the Library of Congress This Tuesday (June 2), 5:30 to 7:30 pm (Moderated by David Lat)

Mary Anne Franks (GW), Emerson Sykes (ACLU), and I will be discussing a wide range of free speech matters.