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Ed MorrisseyPosted at 1:03 pm on March 8, 2021 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter That gasp heard after this ruling dropped comes from every college and university with a “free speech zone” and policies that impose heckler’s vetoes. Plaintiffs suing over restrictions on speech and religious expression on campus only need to establish “nominal damages” to gain standing, the Supreme Court ruled in an 8-1 decision, not necessarily actual damages. That opens up a vast new field of litigation that attorneys all across the country will rush to meet. The 8-1 ruling in  Uzuegbunam v Precze...

Ohio bans restrictive college free speech zones, enhances protections for student expression by FIRE December 21, 2020 COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 21 — On Friday, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed into law SB 40, which codifies important free speech protections for students at Ohio’s public colleges and universities. The bill: Prohibits Ohio public institutions of higher education from quarantining student expression into small, misleadingly labeled “ free speech zones” and establishes outdoor areas of campus as public forums for campus communities; Adopts the speech-prot...

By Bethany Blankley | The Center Square A new national survey of 478 higher education institutions in the U.S. found that 9 in 10 restrict free speech in some capacity on campus but nearly half maintain policies that “impermissibly restrict online speech.” The study was conducted by FIRE, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to defending and sustaining the individual rights of students and faculty members at American colleges and universities. These rights include freedom of speech, freedom of association, due process, legal eq...

CU Denver revises email policy, commits to upholding free speech Each month, FIRE highlights one restrictive policy at a college or university as our “Speech Code of the Month.” Because it’s far from an award to be proud of, FIRE encourages institutions with these policies to amend them quickly. However, our words often go unheeded, exposing the university or college to costly legal battles and chilling student expression.  But not all institutions are content with leaving bad policies on their books. This month, FIRE’s December Speech Code of the Month recipient, the University of C...

by Bethany Blankley, The Center Square  | December 14, 2020 11:00 AM Print this article A new national survey of 478 higher education institutions in the U.S. found that 9 in 10 restrict free speech in some capacity on campus but nearly half maintain policies that “impermissibly restrict online speech.” The study was conducted by FIRE, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to defending and sustaining the individual rights of students and faculty members at American colleges and universities. T...