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University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley: Student Group Forced to Shut Down Event After Ten Minute Disruption

FIRE asks UC Berkeley to educate its officials on their constitutional responsibility to address event disruptions.

Advocacy

Bowdoin College

Bowdoin College: Institution Persecutes Bowdoin Socialists Leader for Protected Speech

FIRE demands an end to retaliatory campaign against student activist.

Advocacy

Point Park University

Point Park University: Student Government Blocks Turning Point USA Recognition

FIRE demands Point Park University grant viewpoint-neutral evaluation to TPUSA.

Advocacy

University of California, San Diego

University of California San Diego: Student Government Election Stolen Over Protected Speech

Associated Students of UCSD used unconstitutional civility policies to disqualify candidate from race.

Advocacy

Plattsburgh Common Council: Unconstitutional Decorum Requirement and Censorship of 'Personal Remarks'

The Plattsburgh Common Council requires speakers to “observe the commonly accepted rules of courtesy, decorum, dignity, and good taste.”

Advocacy

Tamalpais Union High School District: Administrators launch probe into student newspaper’s cover photo, demands students take down Instagram post

SPFI urges superintendent to stop investigating and end censorial practices.

Advocacy

Marek v. Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society

FIRE explains anti-SLAPP statutes play a vital role in thwarting lawsuits that seek to impose prior restraints

Amicus Brief

Pensacola State College: Administration Squashes Arts and Culture Magazine Over Queer Content

Officials cited the state’s Stop WOKE Act, which FIRE has challenged.

Advocacy

City of Ontario: Panhandling and Solicitation Ordinance

The City of Ontario, Ohio, maintains an ordinance that broadly bans “panhandling” across numerous public spaces while exempting similar solicitation activity by schools and nonprofit organizations.

Advocacy

Duke University