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Tag: freedom of speech
Will Columbia pro-Palestine protesters achieve their goals?
by Stephen L. Carter I fear that the current round of campus protests is wearing out its welcome. This isn’t a conclusion I reach lightly. In my […]
Lessons from other campus protests
The year was 1966 and Ronald Reagan was running for governor of California. A major part of his platform was to “clean up the mess at Berkeley” […]
USC valedictorian earned the right to speak. Let her
In 2022, at the University of Southern California commencement, valedictorian Adam Karelin delivered a stirring poem against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In 2021, valedictorian Tianna Shaw Wakeman […]
UPenn’s Magill’s weak testimony costs her big
Rep. Elise Stefanik set a clever trap at a House hearing on antisemitism on campus, snaring the presidents of the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard and MIT. The […]
She condemned Palestinians and got fired. He got fired for blaming Israel
by Robin Abcarian Should Americans be punished or lose their livelihoods for things they say about a gut-wrenching conflict taking place halfway across the world? In an […]
Judge’s gag order on Trump may be satisfying but it’s not constitutional
by Erwin Chemerinsky Although I often wish that Donald Trump would shut up, he has a constitutional right not to. A federal judge went too far in […]
What is the future of gay rights?
by Noah Feldman The Supreme Court’s decision in 303 Creative v. Elenis, in which the court created a free-speech based exemption from the civil rights laws, is […]
Comedy clubs as free speech zones — and the antidote to cancel culture
by Ronald Collins and Ronnie Marmo On Nov. 24, 1964, the Illinois Supreme Court did what no other state high court had ever done — it vindicated […]
Free speech needs muscle
Officials at Stanford University could learn something from the New York City Police Department about defending free speech while maintaining order. When hecklers prevented an invited speaker […]
