FIRE - Defending individual rights in higher education
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The mission of FIRE is to defend and sustain individual rights at America’s colleges and universities. These rights include freedom of speech, legal equality, due process, religious liberty, and sanctity of conscience—the essential qualities of individual liberty and dignity.
FIRE - Defending individual rights in higher education
2M ago
FIRE will defend retired search-and-rescue operator Gary Gadwa at the Idaho Supreme Court ..read more
FIRE - Defending individual rights in higher education
2M ago
One advocate was arrested and handcuffed for two hours after peacefully demonstrating in a public park. FIRE is suing to protect the constitutional right to speak freely in public parks ..read more
FIRE - Defending individual rights in higher education
2M ago
Students entering college this fall can expect a culture of conformity and censorship according to a new FIRE survey of more than 55,000 students across the country shows that most attend colleges that don’t value free expression ..read more
FIRE - Defending individual rights in higher education
3M ago
The University of Texas at Dallas threatened to suspend a student after he called officers “parasites” and flipped them off ..read more
FIRE - Defending individual rights in higher education
3M ago
When Northern Light Health threatened a lawsuit over 15-year-old Samson Cournane's activism, FIRE sent a letter demanding the conglomerate back down ..read more
FIRE - Defending individual rights in higher education
3M ago
The California Community Colleges’ regulations force professors within the California Community College system to espouse controversial views about “diversity, equity, and inclusion ..read more
FIRE - Defending individual rights in higher education
3M ago
A Tennessee high school suspended a student after he posted satirical Instagram memes about his principal while off campus. FIRE sued, and now the school will remove the suspension from the student’s record while the case continues. After the lawsuit, the school also removed from the student handbook two social media policies ..read more
FIRE - Defending individual rights in higher education
3M ago
Last Friday, the Marion County Police Department, led by Chief Gideon Cody, raided the office of the Marion County Record seizing computers, servers, and the cellphones of editors and reporters ..read more
FIRE - Defending individual rights in higher education
4M ago
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4, 2023 — On Thursday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit deemed Clovis Community College a poster child for student censorship, ruling that the college must abandon the unconstitutional flyer policy it used to silence conservative students. In October 2022, the Foundation for Individual ..read more
FIRE - Defending individual rights in higher education
4M ago
The federal indictment of former President Trump on charges related to his actions between the 2020 presidential election implicates these First Amendment exceptions ..read more