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The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), formerly called the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, is a 501(c)(3) [1] non-profit civil liberties group founded in 1999 with the mission of protecting freedom of speech on college campuses in the United States.
[16] [18] Chafee argued in Free Speech in the United States that a better analogy in Schenck might be a man who stands in a theatre and warns the audience that there are not enough fire exits. [19] [20] In his introductory remarks to a 2006 debate in defense of free speech, writer Christopher Hitchens parodied the Holmes judgment by opening ...
If you look at Michael Powell’s New York Times profile of [free speech tensions within] the ACLU, Ben Wizner, their foremost free speech lawyer, says FIRE only has one issue — free speech ...
[92] [93] The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), a nonprofit legal advocacy group that focuses on campus speech issues, publishes annual "College Free Speech Rankings" based on their comparative assessment of campus speech policies, tolerance for controversial speakers, administrative support for free speech, and surveys of ...
National free speech group weighs in on Gow's case with different take. The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, also known as FIRE, is a national, nonpartisan free speech watchdog ...
The cut suggests the university does not truly support free expression, Philadelphia-based FIRE said. Penn State’s funding cut to student newspaper is concerning, free speech group says Skip to ...
[citation needed] Along with Harvey Silverglate and David A. French, Lukianoff is a co-author of FIRE's Guide to Free Speech on Campus. He testified before the United States Congress on the state of free speech on college campuses, and he appeared in the films Brainwashing 101 and Indoctrinate U on the same topic.
In the free speech group’s letter to the school, Terr said the purported ban, including threats of 30-minute detentions, violated students' freedom of speech. ... Fire-ravaged Los Angeles braces ...