University pays $30k in free speech lawsuit
September 28, 2020
June 17, 2022 The University of Houston settled a lawsuit brought by the non-profit organization Speech First that accused the school’s harassment policy of having “unconstitutionally chilled student speech” due…
Schools increasingly weaponize ‘no-contact’ orders to censor speech, civil liberties groups say
September 28, 2020
June 16, 2022 Civil liberties groups say their efforts to fight censorship on college campuses are increasingly facing schools that weaponize discrimination and harassment policies to silence unwanted expression.
University settles suit with group that argued school policy banning slurs, stereotyping violated free speech
September 28, 2020
June 16, 2022 The University of Houston System has agreed to settle a federal suit with a group that accused it of imposing a policy that violated free speech by banning slurs, stereotypes, and other infractions. Read more here at The Grio.
Speech First Wins Settlement in Free Speech Case Against University of Houston
September 28, 2020
June 16, 2022 The University of Houston (UH) agreed to drop a controversial anti-discrimination policy and pay $30,000 in legal fees in a federal court settlement over students’ constitutional right to…
UH settles in anti-discrimination policy case
September 28, 2020
June 15, 2022 The University has agreed to adopt a new anti-discrimination policy and distribute $30,000 to Speech First, after the organization claimed their previous policy was in violation of…
UH and conservative students settle free speech lawsuit, ending former anti-discrimination policy
September 28, 2020
June 14, 2022 The University of Houston System has settled a federal lawsuit over its former anti-discrimination policy, which a national free speech organization said was restricting conservative students’ First…