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Explore the debate and science of Freedom of Speech.

December 9, 2023

The Presidents and Academic Freedom

Peter Wood

What are the boundaries of “free speech?” They are pretty much the same as the boundaries of civilization. Savages need not apply.

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May 8, 2023

Penn v. Wax: Closing Arguments

National Association of Scholars

Closing arguments have been made in the University of Pennsylvania’s recent proceedings that seek to impose “major sanctions” as a consequence of Professor Amy Wax’s speec......

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May 24, 2022

The Sweet Taste of Justice

Marina Ziemnick

Dr. Charles Negy's reinstatement shows that universities can still be held accountable for persecuting professors who speak out against the progressive orthodoxy. 

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March 29, 2022

(Dis)Order in the Court

Marina Ziemnick

Today’s elite law students believe that civil discourse and freedom of speech are obsolete. Both have been sacrificed at the altar of progressive values. 

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March 15, 2022

The Root of Self-Censorship

Marina Ziemnick

In order to have any hope of preserving academic freedom and ideological diversity, we must address the toxic ideology at the core of campus censorship head on.

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March 9, 2022

University of California Faculty Fight Back against Department Political Statements

Marina Ziemnick

The National Association of Scholars applauds Dr. Miller and his colleagues for their commitment to fighting for freedom of speech for all faculty members.

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October 20, 2021

Alumni Organize in Defense of College Free Speech

Stuart Taylor, Jr. and Edward Yingling

A press release announcing the launch of the Alumni Free Speech Alliance, a new organization dedicated to mobilizing college and university alumni in defense of free speech on campus.

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April 8, 2021

Free Speech at UT: An Open Letter to President Jay Hartzell

Louis K. Bonham

President Hartzell: Is your defense of free speech merely a set of platitudes meant to mollify critics and the state legislature, while behind closed doors wokeism takes over UT?

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March 30, 2021

UT Law Evades the First Amendment

David Acevedo

UT Austin alumnus Louis K. Bonham conducted an in-depth investigation and discovered that UT Law's Law and Religion Clinic intends to curb the study and teaching of the First Amendment.

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March 30, 2021

UT Law School’s First Amendment Center: An Update

Louis K. Bonham

In this piece, Louis Bonham investigates the University of Texas Law School's First Amendment Center, which, after further research, he demonstrates is not so concerned with the First Am......

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