A red flag on campus free speech
September 28, 2020
On election night 2016, Mark Schlissel, the University of Michigan’s president, addressed more than 1,000 students, declaring that the 90 percent of them who…
UMich claims free speech lawsuit has ‘mistaken premises’
September 28, 2020
The University of Michigan is vowing to fight back against a lawsuit accusing the school of using its harassment and “bias” policies to stifle free expression on campus. In a…
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…