Table of Contents
āThe Bulletinā on Speech Code Report
Philadelphia newspaper The Bulletin has an about ¹ū¶³“«Ć½app¹Ł·½ās 2007 speech codes report, Spotlight on Speech Codes 2007: The State of Free Speech on our Nationās Campuses. The article focuses on Philadelphia-area schools in particular, noting that both Drexel University and West Chester University get poor, āred lightā ratings for suppressing student speech. Drexel, Torch readers may remember, has a particularly egregious speech code, banning both āinconsiderate jokesā and āinappropriately directed laughterā (whatever that means). Thanks to The Bulletin for helping bring these ridiculous policies to the publicās attention.
Recent Articles
FIREās award-winning Newsdesk covers the free speech news you need to stay informed.
Coming soon: āExecutive Watchā ā Tracking the Trump Administrationās free speech record āĀ First Amendment News 456
First Amendment News is a weekly blog and newsletter about free expression issues by Ronald K. L. Collins and is editorially independent from ¹ū¶³“«Ć½app¹Ł·½.
Media outlets must not cave to Trumpās lawfare
What happens to press freedom when the President can bully media outlets he doesnāt like into paying big money to end his meritless lawsuits?
Analysis: Harvardās settlement adopting IHRA anti-Semitism definition a prescription to chill campus speech
HarvardĀ agreed to settle two lawsuits brought against it by Jewish students that alleged the university ignored āsevere and pervasive anti-Semitism on campus.ā
Trumpās threat to deport anti-Israel protesters is an attack on free speech
The presidentās executive order on antisemitism would make universities monitor studentsā constitutionally protected speech.