On Wednesday, District Court Judge Charles A. Pannell, Jr. issued his first order in the federal civil rights lawsuit filed by former Valdosta State University student Hayden Barnes.
FIRE President Greg Lukianoff explains that the problem on campus is that "Right now, if a university administrator claims that someone is a threat, even if that threat is virtually unsupportable and completely unreasonable, they have carte blanche to do what they want."
In response to Valdosta State's unconstitutional free speech zone policy, FIRE released a short film explaining VSU's continued disregard for its students' rights.
A high school student in Connecticut has filed a lawsuit against school officials saying they violated her constitutional rights by removing her as class secretary because she used offensive slang to refer to administrators on an Internet blog.
After weeks of public pressure, Johns Hopkins University has reduced its draconian punishment of student Justin Park, who posted an “offensive” Halloween party invitation on social media.
The Sigma Chi fraternity at Johns Hopkins University threw a “Halloween in the Hood” party, which was shut down due to its “offensive” Facebook invitation.
