Tag: FREE SPEECH

Indivisible Baldwin County, the local chapter of the group that plans “No Kings” rallies nationwide, plans to support one of the protesters arrested last October.

The “heckler’s veto” is a legal term for allowing a hostile crowd to shout down a speaker or, by threatening violence, cause authorities to shut down a speaker to keep the peace.

On Wednesday, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression sent a letter to Peter J. Mohler, the President of the University of Alabama, decrying the removal of two identity-based magazines and the creation of a new magazine that will cover all points of view in one publication.

Confining speech to an area in which there are few if any listeners is akin to prohibiting speech entirely.

I’ve often thought that the underlying message of “Lord of the Rings” is that sometimes the Lord takes an ordinary person like Bilbo Baggins, calling him to play a pivotal role in a cosmic struggle between forces of good and evil, the dimensions and consequences of which he was previously unaware. 

Douglass faced mobs. Kirk faced a gunman. Both show us that the price of liberty is real. But both also remind us of a greater truth: that liberty, once planted in the hearts of people, cannot be killed.

Whether in MAGA country or a decadent “open society” Europe in decline, we in the West must learn to freely argue again.

Thanks to Luther, we are no longer tied to the Catholic church by necessity. We can disagree and not be burned at the stake. We can now all read the Bible for ourselves and interpret it ourselves. But we still face barriers to speaking the truth.

If you value your First Amendment rights, it’s time to speak up (pun intended). Liberals want to obliterate our right to speak openly and honestly about the government. Their plan is to outlaw the free speech of their political opponents. Don’t let them take Festivus from the rest of us.

The University of Alabama System Board of Trustees adopted a resolution last week expressing its commitment to institutional neutrality and freedom of speech and expression. 

The 2025 College Free Speech Rankings released last week by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression and College Pulse ranked Auburn University as the 11th-best school in the nation when it comes to free speech on campus.

Musk is right: Anything less than freedom of speech is the beginning of the suicide of a society.

The British government is cracking down on its citizens – not for crimes, but for thoughts and opinions. Are we next in line for this biggest of big government pressure? 

Intolerance and ignorance of First Amendment rights are deeply ingrained in university culture. No single measure will change that. A comprehensive approach focused on changing incentives for key university decision-makers is needed.

Because there has been much ado from the opponents of the bill that “divisive concepts” is overbroad, it is important to review the actual text.

It is a tragically unsurprising reflection of the United States today that an American hero who gave one of the most courageous displays of resistance to tyranny in recent memory is no longer welcome in America but must live the rest of his days as a Russian citizen in Moscow.

Douglass Mackey began posting about politics and his support for Trump via a pseudonymous Twitter account. Today, however, he is facing seven months in federal prison and a hefty fine.

The ability to tolerate ideas different from one’s own is a virtue that each generation must learn. It does not come naturally. Unfortunately, today’s higher education establishments are failing to impart this skill.

We cannot become the dog that fears the mere possibility of the shock even when the power is off. Know your rights.

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression and College Pulse released the fourth annual College Free Speech Rankings, ranking the free speech cultures of 248 of America’s largest and most prestigious campuses in order from best (Michigan Technological University) to worst (Harvard University) on Tuesday.

Troy University responded to the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) regarding leaked emails showing Troy trustees attempting to vet research at a free-market think tank on behalf of Alabama’s business elite.

Nonprofit civil liberties group the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) rated two public four-year schools in Alabama "red" for having some of the most restrictive speech codes in the country.

Two very significant events happened this week: Donald Trump was arraigned in New York City, and the University of Alabama at Huntsville (UAH) substantially revised its speech code.

The Center for Law and Liberty is teaming up with the conservative legal advocacy group Alliance Defending Freedom to battle a free speech policy at the University of Alabama Huntsville that some have deemed a violation of the Alabama Constitution.

Over the last two weeks, journalists have been releasing various segments of “The Twitter Files” with Elon Musk’s approval. The content is shocking but not surprising. It confirms what conservatives have known for years: Big tech actively censors us because of its leftist leanings. 

In 2019, the Alabama Campus Free Speech bill was proposed and passed by the Alabama Legislature. Then-State Representative Matt Fridy’s bill was developed by Eagle Forum of Alabama, endorsed by state and national organizations, and was widely praised by many defenders of the First Amendment.

So when Elon Musk bought Twitter, I decided to rejoin the platform. While I had no idea what he would do to the company, there was a clear indicator that things would change for the better.