Michigan Fires Back on Free Speech Lawsuit
September 28, 2020
The University of Michigan blasted a Justice Department-backed free speech lawsuit against it Friday, calling it “a false caricature” of the institution’s rules on free expression. Last month, a new…
Trump and his fellow Republicans want to make colleges safe for bullies
September 28, 2020
If you listened to conservatives, you would think that college campuses are a hotbed of socialist censorship, where anyone deviating from a far-left line is subject to punishments that are…
WSJ: Responding to the Bias Response Team
September 28, 2020
Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently promised to be “vigilant” in defending free-speech rights on campus, and last week the Justice Department followed through by scoring the University of Michigan for…
A Movement Rises to Take Back Higher Education
September 28, 2020
Debra Mashek, a psychology professor at Harvey Mudd College, was leading a class discussion about intellectual humility this past semester when the conversation came to a halt. Ms. Mashek asked…
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S FREE SPEECH FIGHT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN IS ABOUT IDENTITY, NOT EXPRESSION
September 28, 2020
Earlier this week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a statement of interest in the case of Speech First, Inc., v. Schlissel. The plaintiffs in Schlissel claim the University of Michigan’s “…
U-M calls free-speech lawsuit allegations ‘a false caricature’
September 28, 2020
The University of Michigan fired back Friday against a lawsuit filed by the advocacy group Speech First Inc., calling the suit “a false caricature” of the university’s free speech policies…