Federal Government Infringing on Employees’ Free Speech?
Article from Reason by Joe Setyon. Employees of the federal government were warned this week that both praising and criticizing the Trump administration while on duty may be considered illegal….
European Court Deals Ridiculous Blow To Free Speech
Article from Fox News by Lucia I. Suarez Sang. The freedom of speech does not extend to include defaming the prophet of Islam, the European Court of Human rights ruled…
France Is On The Attack Against Free Speech
Article from The Local by Ben McPartland. Marine Le Pen, the leader of the French far right has been left shocked and furious after a court ordered her to be…
College Campus Bans September 11 Memorial
Article from the Washington Examiner by Lauren Cooley. Administrators at Ripon College in Wisconsin have ruled that a Sept. 11 memorial cannot take place on campus because it may offend…
Law Enforcement Abuse Of The Hate Crime Statute Exposed
Article from Reason by Robby Soave. Police officers in Crafton, Pennsylvania, arrested a 52-year-old black man, Robbie Sanderson, for shoplifting at a CVS in September of 2016. He called them…
ACLU Doesn’t Think Free Speech Is Important?
Article from Reason by Robby Soave. The American Civil Liberties Union will weigh its interest in protecting the First Amendment against its other commitments to social justice, racial equality, and…
University Changes Speech Policy Amid DOJ Pressure
Article from The Daily Wire by Hank Berrien. The University of Michigan (UM), which had initially defiantly insisted that a lawsuit accusing its speech code of being unconstitutionally broad was…
The Battle Of Ideas Is Going Too Far
Article from Reason by A. Barton Hinkle. A couple of months ago, Marriott fired Roy Jones, a 49-year-old social-media manager. His offense? He liked a tweet praising Marriott for listing Tibet…
Correspondents Dinner Host Owes No One An Apology
Article from The Daily Wire by Ben Shapiro. In the hours after Michelle Wolf’s egregious performance at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, many on the right called for Wolf…
A Horrifying Example Of When Speech Isn’t Protected
Article from Fox News by Kathleen Joyce. Sherine Abdel-Wahab, one of Egypt’s most famous singers and the star of the Arabic version of “The Voice,” was sentenced to six months…