University of Michigan Sued Over Speech Code
September 28, 2020
A new civil liberties watchdog group has sued the University of Michigan, alleging its speech code is overly broad and unconstitutional. Speech First, which aims to loosen the restrictions on…
Lawsuit Takes On University Of Michigan’s ‘Bias Response Team’
September 28, 2020
A free speech legal group called Speech First filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the University of Michigan. The lawsuit claims the university’s “Bias Response Team” is investigating and punishing…
Suit alleges UM disciplinary code limits speech
September 28, 2020
A new conservative group filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the University of Michigan, saying its disciplinary code is unconstitutional because it prohibits free speech. Speech…
Lawsuit: U. Michigan speech code and Bias Response Team “profoundly chill free speech and open discourse”
September 28, 2020
If you have not heard of Bias Response Teams, then you haven’t been around campus in the last decade. These teams, often referred to at BRTs, are the equivalent of…
Trump voters at risk from University of Michigan’s bias response team: lawsuit
September 28, 2020
University’s speech code rejected by same court three decades ago The University of Michigan can punish a student for publicly criticizing the Catholic Church’s teaching on a male-only priesthood, according…
The Bias Response Team Is Watching
September 28, 2020
By: Jillian Kay Melchior, Wall Street Journal May 8, 2018 3:11 p.m. ET ‘The most important indication of bias is your own feelings,” the University of Michigan advises students. It…