Campus Free Speech
Exclusion of Students for Justice in Palestine from U Missouri Homecoming Parade May Have Violated First Amendment
From Mizzou Students for Justice in Palestine v. Choi, decided earlier this month by Judge Stephen Bough (W.D. Mo.): Plaintiff Mizzou Students for Justice in Palestine ("MSJP") is a registered student organization…
Campus activism in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder
Nick Gillespie speaks with Dr. Wolf von Laer of Students for Liberty, and Sean Themea of Young Americans for Liberty about how campus activism may change after the murder of Charlie Kirk. They discuss how the tragedy has…
Emory University Senate Open Expression Committee Opinion on “Termination of Professor Due to Charlie Kirk-Related Speech”
From the opinion released Oct. 21, 2025: In the wake of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, an Emory professor posted certain comments about the assassination on social media—first writing "Good riddance," and then…
Zionism and Title VI
After the attack on Israel of October 7, 2023, a new protest movement erupted on America's campuses. Unlike the protests of previous decades, these protests were explicitly focused on Zionism, the movement for a Jewish…
[W]e Do Not Construe Title VI as Requiring a University to Quash Protected Speech
A necessarily oversimplified excerpt from the >12K-word Stand with Us Center for Legal Justice v. MIT, decided by First Circuit Judge William Kayatta, joined by Judge Gustavo Gelpi and District Judge William Smith…
Oxford Union ousts president over insults to Charlie Kirk
The Oxford Union Society and Turning Point USA are different in a lot of ways. One is British and the other is American. Turning Point is an incubator for Republican activists, and the Oxford Union is a nonpartisan…
What Alleged Behavior Was Constitutionally Protected Against Harassment Liability in CUNY Hunter College Case
As I noted earlier this morning, Friday's Report and Recommendation in Garrett v. City Univ. of N.Y. (S.D.N.Y.) (written by Magistrate Judge Robert Lehrburger) discusses the limits the First Amendment imposes on…
What Alleged Behavior Could Lead to Liability for Anti-Semitic Harassment in CUNY Hunter College Case
As I noted earlier this morning, Friday's Report and Recommendation in Garrett v. City Univ. of N.Y. (S.D.N.Y.) (written by Magistrate Judge Robert Lehrburger) discusses the limits the First Amendment imposes on…
First Amendment Limits on Workplace Harassment Liability, in Claim of Anti-Semitic Harassment at CUNY Hunter College Following October 7 Attacks
I've long been interested in what limits the First Amendment imposes on "hostile work environment harassment" law (as well as the similar rules as to education, public accommodation, and housing); I wrote my…
A Discussion of “Campus Free Speech After October 7” at NYU
On Tuesday, the Federalist Society sponsored a panel on "Campus Free Speech After October 7," at New York University. The panel featured Judges Lisa Branch (Eleventh Circuit) and Roy Altman (S.D. Florida), former…
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