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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 ...
[7] In August 2018, the province of Ontario required all colleges and universities to develop and comply with a free speech policy based on the Chicago principles. [ 9 ] While the campaign to adopt the Chicago principles has gained traction among both public and private universities, some critics have challenged the cut-and-paste nature of the ...
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Gregory Christopher Lukianoff [1] (/ ˌ l uː k ˈ j ɑː n ɒ f /; [2] born 1974) is an American lawyer, journalist, author and activist who serves as the president of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE). He previously served as FIRE's first director of legal and public advocacy until he was appointed president in 2006. [3]
Freedom of expression is an abstract notion that only works when a citizenry understands it and commits to its functioning.