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John Leo on FIRE and Free Speech
John Leo has an excellent article on Townhall.com discussing the status of free speech on our nation’s college campuses. In the article, Leo highlights the case of Troy Scheffler at Hamline University, who was suspended for suggesting in an e-mail to an administrator that students should be permitted to carry concealed weapons on campus.
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Nebraska school district censors anti-ICE cartoon, forces prior approval on student press
After a Nebraska school censored an anti-ICE cartoon, it adopted a policy giving administrators power to review student journalism before publication.
This Michigan city threatened critics over ‘cyberbullying.’ Now it’s hiding the evidence.
When government officials threaten to sue and prosecute their constituents over speech, the public should get to see the evidence.
If everything's a conspiracy, nothing's a conspiracy
From Klan prosecutions to Don Lemon and Ricky Vaughn, Section 241 shows how conspiracy law can stretch dangerously close to protected speech today.
The Jason Arday tragedy cannot justify a crackdown on the press
His death leads to hard questions. But it must not lead to censorship.