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  Share Source: AP Photo/Jeff Chiu Sir Isaac Newton’s Third Law of Motion is principally applied to physics, but the concept holds true in politics as well, especially in the increasingly feverish push to impose leftist agendas in schools. Set in motion in some parts of the country years ago, radical new curricula are being imposed from Massachusetts to California and everywhere in between. But the effort is being met by an equally strong pushback.  One of the newest groups on the block fi...

· 5:10am –Professor Rob Natelson, Constitutional Scholar, and Senior Fellow in Constitutional Jurisprudence at the Independence Institute – Talking Constitutional Matters. | i2i.com · 9:10am – Dr. Roger D. Klein, served as an expert witness in a Landmark Supreme Court Case on patents on Medicine and Medical Procedures – He will talk about the Biden Administration and World Trade Organization wanting to do away with patent protections, which would be disastrous for Medicine. | RogerDKl...

It’s that bittersweet, surreal moment that has finally crept up on the Class of 2021: graduation. For many Hokies, this time of year is met with feelings of excitement, uncertainty and a touch of melancholy as they enter new beginnings. Amid this time of elation and anticipation for what com… More Headlines

13 Apr 2021 Free speech advocacy organization Speech First has filed a lawsuit against Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University — better known as Virginia Tech — over its campus censorship protocols, including ‘bias-response teams’ and ‘speech codes,’ both of which play roles in the management of speech outlined by Virginia Tech’s broader discourse-regulating framework. The lawsuit’s section on “bias-response teams” appears to be the primary focus of the organizat...

Conservative advocacy group sues Virginia Tech for allegations of suppressed speech Virginia Tech says they have not been served the lawsuit. Tags:  BLACKSBURG, Va. – A conservative advocacy group is suing Virginia Tech for allegations of suppressed speech according to new court documents. According to the lawsuit claim, Speech First highlights four main policies from the university and alleges that the rules “restrain and punish” right-wing speech. Speech First said the language of the ...

Right-wing Students Sue Virginia Tech Over Anti-Discrimination Policies A free-speech group filed a lawsuit on behalf of three Virginia Tech students against the Blacksburg university, claiming it restricts conservative speech. (Photo: Alex Scribner/VPM News) A conservative group has sued Virginia Tech claiming its policies stifle right-wing speech. This comes a week after the university condemned a student club’s leaked group chats, described as “homophobic, racist, ableist, and misogynist...

BY HENRI GENDREAU The Roanoke Times Virginia Tech was sued in federal court Thursday by a conservative, free-speech group that claims the university’s policies stifle students’ expression of right-wing views on campus. Speech First, Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit launched in 2018, alleges the university’s harassment, discrimination and “bias-related incidents” policies are vague and could punish speech protected by the First Amendment. The lawsuit ...

Virginia Tech was sued in federal court Thursday by a conservative, free-speech group that claims the university’s policies stifle students’ expression of right-wing views on campus. Speech First, Inc., a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit launched in 2018, alleges the university’s harassment, discrimination and “bias-related incidents” policies are vague and could punish speech protected by the First Amendment. The lawsuit claims that three Virginia Tech students — ...

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out whats clicking on Foxnews.com. Virginia Tech University is facing a fresh lawsuit from the nonprofit Speech First, which alleges that the university has set overly broad restrictions on students expression. Filed on Thursday, the lawsuit takes aim at Virginia Techs policies on harassment and discrimination, bias-related incidents, and its computer policy, which prohibits the use of the network for "partisan political purposes." It also targets t...

Print this article A First Amendment advocacy group filed a lawsuit against Virginia Tech on Thursday, alleging that the schools policies suppress its students free speech and expression. The suit, filed in Roanoke in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, challenges four specific university policies that the nonprofit group Speech First believes are "chilling student speech." The policies include ones related to discriminatory harassment, bias-related incidents, comput...