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Free Speech and Harvard Law
I received today a promotional copy of by Maricopa County, Arizona, District Attorney (and HLS alum) Andrew Peyton Thomas. I’ll be interested to read what Mr. Thomas has to say. As someone who received threatening messages (such as “I want you to die, you f***king fascistâ€) when I wrote a pro-life letter and as someone who was once shouted down by my own professor during what I thought was a civil debate over abortion, my personal experience with the marketplace of ideas at Harvard was a bit, umm, suboptimal.
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Can the Pentagon strip Mark Kelly’s rank over speech?
SecDef Hegseth says the Pentagon may dock Senator Kelly’s rank and pension after Kelly publicly reminded troops not to follow illegal orders. But the First Amendment says otherwise.
Texas A&M to philosophy professor: Nix Plato or be reassigned
Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson has a choice: Drop readings related to race and gender — including ones by Plato — from his course, or face reassignment.
Morgan State says cut the cameras, stop the presses
Morgan State muzzles its own student press, banning interviews with faculty and filming in public spaces unless admins say otherwise. But that's placing a prior restraint on the fourth estate, and a violation of the First Amendment.
The worst of both worlds for campus free speech
The biggest threat to speech used to come from within higher ed. Now it’s the government.