Category: Free Speech
First Amendment Legal Group Expands from Campus to Culture
One of the nation’s premier First Amendment advocacy and legal groups fighting for free speech on the nation’s college campuses has announced a major expansion...
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Wisconsin Middle Schooler Accused of ‘Sexual Harassment’ After ‘Misgendering’ Classmate
A Wisconsin middle schooler has been charged with committing ‘sexual harassment’ by his middle school after he didn’t use the “preferred pronouns” of one of...
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States Sue Feds for Colluding with Big Tech to Censor Conservative Viewpoints
Everyone more or less understands that government cannot censor private speech. The First Amendment says so, and we all get that. And it’s also understood...
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Christian Students Sue University of Idaho over Speech ‘Gag Order’
Another public university is in the news for issuing a “no contact” order to three members of a Christian student club requiring them to have...
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Coach Kennedy Defends Free Speech, Religion at Supreme Court Oral Arguments
Can a public high school fire a coach for taking a knee and praying quietly at the fifty-yard line after a football game? The answer...
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It’s Official: Elon Musk Buys Twitter in Potentially Massive Victory for Free Speech
Elon Musk holds many different and interesting titles. CEO and Product Architect of Tesla. Founder and Chief Engineer of SpaceX. Founder of The Boring Company....
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Mike Pence’s Visit to Campus Brings Out the Student Censors
My, how times have changed when it comes to free speech on the nation’s campuses. When I was walking the Quad at the University of...
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University Backs Off from ‘No Contact’ Order Given to Christian Student Whose Views Triggered Liberal Classmates
There’s a happy ending to a recent story of Southern Illinois University (SIU) graduate student Maggie DeJong who was ordered, without any prior notice or...
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Twitter Continues Crusade Against Science in Purge of Biological Reality
The folks over at Twitter have a beef with biology and anyone who affirms the unchangeable, unalterable, inherent reality of male and female. The Daily...
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Courage in Our Schools: Free Speech is Protected When Teachers Take a Stand
Over the past couple of years, we’ve seen countless examples of schools and teachers attempting to indoctrinate students into critical race theory (CRT) and teach...
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University Orders Christian Grad Student to have ‘No Contact’ with Students Who Disagree with Her Viewpoint
Maggie DeJong, in her third year of a master’s program for art therapy counseling at Southern Illinois University (SIU), was shocked recently to receive official...
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Supreme Court Will Hear Major Religious Free Speech Case from Colorado
When Denver-area baker Jack Phillips won his religious discrimination case against the state of Colorado at the U.S. Supreme Court in 2018 after declining to...
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Campus First Amendment Update: Victory in Texas; an Appeal in Alabama
Public college and university campuses continue to provide grist for First Amendment lawsuits involving free speech and the freedom of religion. Two important cases currently...
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Christian Flag Case at Supreme Court Brings Together Uncommon Allies
When Christians, the federal government and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) all agree on the same issue, it’s worth making note of, especially when...
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Law School Rejects Free Speech Club Over Worries of a ‘Precarious Environment’
Lawyers are trained by the nation’s law schools as advocates for their clients. They deal with ideas, logic, persuasion and other tools of communication that...
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Supreme Court to Hear Christian Flag Controversy
A city that allows groups to host rallies and even raise flags commemorating those events on public property can’t prohibit a Christian flag, a civic...
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Facebook Locks Account of Conservative Children’s Book Publisher, Then Reverses Course
Facebook locked the ads account of a conservative children’s book publisher, alleging it didn’t comply with Facebook’s stated advertising policies. The publisher, Heroes of Liberty,...
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Christian Florist Settles Lawsuit with Same-Sex Couple After Eight Year Legal Battle
After fighting for her free speech rights and religious liberty for nearly a decade, Barronelle Stutzman’s legal battle has finally reached its end. Sadly, it...
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California Supreme Court to Decide if Healthcare Workers Can be Jailed for ‘Misgendering’ Patients
The California Supreme Court will decide whether a state law making it illegal for healthcare workers to “misgender” nursing home patients is constitutional. On October...
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Resisting Big Tech’s Control of Your Speech
Voltaire’s infamous and incorrectly attributed line “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it” has...
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Religious Freedom, Free Speech Victories in Texas and California
Lawyers with Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) have been busy of late racking up important wins for the religious freedom of college campus clubs in Texas...
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University Requires Christian Club to ‘Balance’ its Speakers with Opposing Viewpoint. What?
If you’re a Christian student club on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) and you want to bring a Christian speaker to an...
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Congressman Jim Banks Suspended from Twitter for Calling Rachel Levine a ‘Man’
Congressman Jim Banks was recently suspended from Twitter after referring to Dr. Rachel Levine as a “man.” Twitter said this violated its policy against “hateful...
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California’s Latest Free Speech Restrictions Protecting Abortion Facilities are Unconstitutional, Lawsuits Allege
The California legislature has hardly seen a free speech restriction it doesn’t like, especially when it benefits abortionists. Its latest attempt to squelch pro-life speech...
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