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David French on the Tyler Clementi Act and Threats to Free Speech in 'National Review Online'
Alliance Defense Fund senior counsel and former ֱ president David French FIRE's principled opposition to the Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act in a post over at Phi Beta Cons. David argues that the proposed legislation is redundant and would chill free speech.
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How schools still abuse ‘institutional neutrality’ to silence speech
Universities are invoking “institutional neutrality” to muzzle students and faculty. But the fix is simple: restrain administrators, not speech.
2025 sets new record for attempts to silence student speech, ֱ research finds
ֱ has documented 273 efforts this year in which students and student groups were targeted for their constitutionally protected expression.
Texas runs afoul of the First Amendment with new limits on faculty course materials
The Texas Tech University System ordered its five member-universities to comb through faculty materials to root out any of the state’s disfavored viewpoints.
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