Kansas
Fiery free speech crusader can sue Kansas county for arresting, removing him from meetings, judge rulesA federal judge is allowing a conservative activist and free speech crusader to continue suing a Kansas county for removing him from several commission meetings in recent years. Read More
Government
Vice President JD Vance calls out UK’s pro-abortion prayer restrictions in homesIn another salvo against European authoritarian censorship, U.S. Vice President JD Vance called out new U.K. speech restrictions on pro-life prayers. Vance’s remarks were made at the Munich… Read More
Public Education
Kansas school board poster removal policy brings anxious protestors to meeting(The Sentinel) – The Paola, Kansas, school board policy of removing non-instructional posters inside school property drew protests from supporters of the LGBTQ community at a recent … Read More
Courts
Saint Louis Public Schools accused of suppressing free speech, dissent in new lawsuit(The Heartlander) — Saint Louis Public Schools faces a lawsuit for allegedly stifling criticism from parents and community members.The lawsuit was filed by Chester Asher, a longtime educator… Read More
Politics
Kansas nurse Elaine Gebhardt celebrates free speech victory as nursing board investigation ends(The Sentinel) – The Kansas Board of Nursing (KSBN) has declined to take action against Elaine Gebhardt, RN, ending a two-month investigation into her social media posts some had… Read More
Public Education
Conservative college faculty hide political views more often, report finds(The Center Square) – Faculty from two Pennsylvania universities participated in a survey on the state of free speech and self-censorship. The results reveal growing concerns about academic… Read More
Government
DOJ revamps censorship of surgeon who blew whistle on child sex changes(The Daily Signal) – The Justice Department filed a reply Tuesday supporting its motion for a gag order against Dr. Eithan Haim, a surgeon indicted by the … Read More
America, Education
Attacks on free speech, conservatives, even a presidential candidate, show our education system is failing to teach Americans about AmericaIs it just possible the supposed “Land of the Free” has a significant problem with – freedom?Let’s take a quick look. The outgoing presidential administration: censored conservatives… Read More
Eric Schmitt
Schmitt filing bills to combat disease, censorship, in moves that just might raise Congress’ popularityBack during the government shutdown of 2013 voters had a higher opinion of maladies such as toenail fungus and hemorrhoids than of Congress, with just 8%approving of the… Read More
Government
Trump taps Brendan Carr for communications chair, calls him ‘warrior for free speech’(Daily Caller News Foundation) – President-elect Donald Trump named Federal Communications Commission (FCC) member Brendan Carr as the incoming head of the agency Sunday. “I am pleased to… Read More
Courts
‘Stand your ground with love’: French teacher fired for rejecting personal pronouns wins lawsuit almost 6 years later(The Daily Signal) – French teacher Peter Vlaming was fired in 2018 for shunning the use of pronouns to refer to a transgender-identifying student. On… Read More
Courts
Lawsuit: California AG violating free speech right to discuss abortion pill reversalCalifornia is trying to stop pregnancy resource centers from discussing abortion pill reversal, a new lawsuit alleges. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed the… Read More
Opinion
Free speech under siege in Colorado as well as in Brazil(The Daily Signal) – The legendary rocker Joe Walsh once sang, “The Rocky Mountain way is better than the way we had.” But in Colorado, unfortunately, the Rocky Mountain… Read More
Opinion
End Woke Higher Education Act is a big win for First Amendment(The Daily Signal) – Rarely does a piece of education legislation deserve a grade of A+. But the End Woke Higher Education Act, which has passed the U.S. House… Read More
Public Education
UW-Madison ranks low in latest campus free speech rankings(The Center Square) – The University of Wisconsin–Madison scores near the bottom in the latest campus free speech rankings. The latest report from FIRE, the Foundation for Individual Rights… Read More
Free Speech
Poll: Majority says First Amendment ‘goes too far’(The Center Square) – Free speech suppression on college campuses and social media censorship often spur debates over how far the First Amendment should go to protect Americans’ rights… Read More
Courts
Another federal court rules against teen’s ‘only 2 genders’ t-shirt(The Daily Signal) – Liam Morrison, a Massachusetts middle schooler, wanted one thing: to wear a T-shirt declaring simply, “There are only two genders.” After the Middleboro school’s… Read More
Opinion
Justice Alito utterly annihilates Supreme Court’s Murthy v. Missouri abomination allowing government’s social media censorshipMeet the law firm of Dred, Roe and Murthy – arguably the worst in U.S. history.The U.S. Supreme Court’s Dred Scott decision upheld the abomination of slavery. Roe… Read More
Culture
Catholic college president condemns cancel culture after Harrison Butker’s speechThe mission of Catholic higher education, which goes back centuries, fundamentally opposes cancel culture. That’s according to President Stephen Minnis of Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, where Chiefs… Read More
Courts
Appeal filed in case of Indiana high school that banned pro-life clubA student has appealed a district court’s ruling in favor of the Indiana high school that revoked her pro-life club’s recognition for a flyer thought to be too “political.”… Read More