Victory for Free Speech on Campus: Mississippi College Reverses Punishment of Student for Swearing Outside of Class – FIRE

Victory for Free Speech on Campus: Mississippi College Reverses Punishment of Student for Swearing Outside of Class July 28, 2010 JACKSON, Miss., July 28, 2010—Isaac Rosenbloom is again able to pursue advanced training as a paramedic at Hinds Community College (HCC) now that the school has reversed its punishment against him for swearing a single [...]

July 28th, 2010
Topic: News and Press Coverage

Victory for Free Speech at Duke: Pro-Life Group’s Rights Restored – FIRE

Victory for Free Speech at Duke: Pro-Life Group’s Rights Restored March 30, 2010 DURHAM, N.C., March 30, 2010—Duke University has reversed a decision by its Women’s Center that prohibited the Duke Students for Life (DSFL) student group from holding a discussion on student motherhood at a Women’s Center venue during the group’s “Week for Life” [...]

April 1st, 2010
Topic: News and Press Coverage

Victory for Free Speech on Campus: Federal Court Strikes Down Gun Rights Protest Restrictions at Tarrant County College – FIRE

Victory for Free Speech on Campus: Federal Court Strikes Down Gun Rights Protest Restrictions at Tarrant County College March 16, 2010 FORT WORTH, Texas, March 16, 2010—Late yesterday, in a striking victory for the First Amendment on campus, a federal district court in Texas ruled that a number of restrictions on students’ speech at Tarrant [...]

March 16th, 2010
Topic: News and Press Coverage

Victory For Free Speech at Temple University

Under threat of legal action, Temple University has backed down from an attempt to extort an exorbitant security fee from a student group who brought controversial Dutch parliamentarian and critic of radical Islam Geert Wilders to speak on campus last fall. Wilders’ visit to Temple was sponsored by the Horowitz Freedom Center. Even before he [...]

March 5th, 2010
Topic: Director's Updates, Uncategorized