Compelled Speech News Today

Two Coloradans who intentionally misgendered transgender people while they testified against a bill are suing the legislators who cut them off and asked them to be respectful. The initial complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Colorado in early April claims the legislators named as defendants violated the plaintiffs’ right to free speech by stopping […] The post Lawsuit seeks to remove requirement for respectful language in legislative hearings appeared first on Colorado Newslin...

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyLast Wednesday, dozens of students skipped class to gather outside a Payson, Utah, middle school for hours and chant, “We the people, not the animals!”—a protest launched over the dramatic accusation that their classmates were running wild as “furries” and attacking other students without consequence.Much of the hysteria, however, has been blown out of proportion.Footage from the scene showed them hoist...

Rep. Ted Hill introduced a bill requiring teachers to get written consent from parents before using a student’s preferred pronouns.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that a Texas law, which would have required book publishers and sellers to provide content ratings for books, is an unconstitutional breech of the First Amendment protection against compelled speech.

Recently a 10th-grade student in Washington failed a quiz… by telling the truth. It was a “world history” quiz  (please feel free to honk if you understand how this has anything to do with world history), true/false, in which the student didn’t come up with the answers that the “teacher” wanted.

"The opportunity to think for ourselves and to express those thoughts freely is among our most cherished liberties," Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the majority opinion.

The bill prohibits government agencies from training employees that one race is inherently superior to another.

The Supreme Court's landmark decision in 303 Creative v. Elenis, No. 21-0576 (U.S. June 30, 2023) held that Colorado cannot force a website designer to create an expressive message...

Teachers are citing West Virginia v. Barnette to protect their right not to be compelled to say something they disagree with.

In 303 Creative v. Elenis, the Supreme Court rules against Colorado’s use of antidiscrimination laws to compel speech.