Free Speech
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Free speech groups dogpile 'three-time loser' Colorado in appeals court for misgendering law
XX-XY Athletics, Christian bookstore, doctors who want to use "biologically accurate" language get assist from Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon-founded firm, which warns that red states could police speech, too.
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Former Trump economist says Iran deal means big economic boom for US
Stephen Moore, former White House economic advisor for Trump, says the U.S. is on the cusp of a powerful economic surge.
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Decades of censorship erased in weeks, as Colorado and the feds rush to preempt court rulings
Centennial State quietly eliminates anti-ICE loyalty oath it imposed on lawyers ahead of promised lawsuit. Justice Department still defending constitutionality of settlement gag orders even after SEC, CFTC disavow them.
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U.S., Canadian governments invoking terrorist label to quell 'threats'
Protests, misinformation among behavior being targeted, raising concerns of government overreach threatening civil liberties.
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American universities look to China playbook on free speech, surveillance
Georgia Tech researchers were involved in data mining "non-public and/or proprietary Internet data" to find Trump-Russia link, Durham docs claim.
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American Indian university pays student newspaper $40,000 to drop First Amendment lawsuit
Supreme Court hearing case that could enable former editor-in-chief to seek monetary damages against fired university president, who banned him from asking for interviews.
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Conservatives, independent voices build own platforms to counter Big Tech censorship, managed news
Emerging alternative information ecosystem expected to receive big boost with first-quarter launch of former President Trump's Twitter-like platform, Truth Social.
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High-profile academics back legal scholar facing termination for questioning Biden SCOTUS quota
Former ACLU president warns Georgetown Law that University of Illinois got in trouble for similar revocation against anti-Israel scholar, who later got $600,000 settlement.
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University diversity training uses same redacted slur it punished professor for putting in exam
Tenured professors allege in First Amendment lawsuits their institutions invented grounds to fire them for exercising academic freedom.
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Law student government rejects free speech group because debate can cause 'real harm'
This marks the second time in a week that Emory Law School has become embroiled in a free-speech controversy involving a student-run organization.
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Law journal bans 'hurtful' questioning of systemic racism, prompting exodus of contributors
"Emory is a great law school, and this will create a scandal that will discredit you and your journal," one departing contributor warned.
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Legal scholar Turley asks why hasn't FBI raided NY Times publisher, as with O'Keefe
"Sulzberger really had no reason to worry even after the O’Keefe raid," Turley argues. "That is precisely the problem."
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Hong Kong newspaper shutters after police raid, in China's continuing crackdown on dissent
Closure follows the shuttering in June of the pro-democracy news outlet Apple Daily