The real campus speech problem must be solved in the courts
September 28, 2020
Much ink has been spilled over the past few months debating whether or not there’s a free-speech “crisis” on campuses. But focusing on the number of speech-related flare-ups doesn’t capture…
Lawsuit charges Univ. of Michigan squelches free speech with ‘bias response teams’
September 28, 2020
Speech First, a nonprofit group dedicated to free speech, has filed a lawsuit against the University of Michigan for chastising students with speech codes that the group regards as “unconstitutional”…
UM feels a lot like the USSR
September 28, 2020
The thought police are alive and well at the University of Michigan. Take a close look at some of the university’s speech policies and you may feel like you’ve been…
It’s Now 1984 at the University of Michigan
September 28, 2020
Students at the University of Michigan, beware. If you say anything politically incorrect or out-of-line with the political and social orthodoxy on your campus, you may get a knock…
Defending Free Speech With the 14th Amendment
September 28, 2020
Sometimes the First Amendment isn’t enough. A potentially pathbreaking new federal lawsuit against the University of Michigan claims the school’s speech code not only violates the First Amendment rights of…
Students, professors take fight to universities to protect free speech
September 28, 2020
Legal fights are breaking out across the nation over university policies that curtail the free speech of students and academic freedom of professors. The advocacy group Speech First last week…