HECKLER'S VETO

Ben Carson, Jordan Peterson, Ted Cruz among those condemning Yale Law students who heckled free speech panelists

Conservative leaders were among 1,400 signatories to a letter to Yale Law School, condemning students who exercised…

By Ben Zeisloft
Apr 28, 2022

UNH prof gloats about disrupting conservative speaker

One of the protesters who temporarily disrupted a speech by Dave Rubin at the University of New Hampshire on May 1 …

By Celine Ryan Ciccio
May 25, 2018

Law school dean: Disrupting free speech event was free speech

The dean of the CUNY School of Law is speaking out in defense of student protesters who heckled a conservative spea…

By Adam Sabes
Apr 17, 2018

CUNY students call law prof 'racist' for supporting free speech

Students at CUNY School of Law heckled a professor as he tried to give a lecture on "The Importance of Free Speech,…

By Adam Sabes
Apr 13, 2018

Florida lawmakers revive campus free speech legislation

Provisions eliminating "free speech zones," limiting the heckler's veto, and allowing First Amendment lawsuits agai…

By Adam Sabes
Mar 2, 2018

SD rep wants colleges to come clean about campus free speech

HB 1073, introduced Friday, would not only prevent administrators from restricting lawful expression, but would als…

By Adam Sabes
Jan 12, 2018

Florida joins push to outlaw 'free speech zones' on campus

The bill, filed in mid-December by two Republican lawmakers, would require schools to allow anyone to engage in exp…

By Adam Sabes
Jan 2, 2018

UNC cracks down on disruptions with new free speech policy

The Faculty Assembly, however, complained that the policy goes beyond the bare minimum required under state law wit…

By Adam Sabes
Dec 19, 2017

University of Illinois cracks down on 'heckler's veto'

During the past semester, students temporarily shut down the Homecoming parade, a woman aggressively disrupted a Co…

By Adam Sabes
Dec 12, 2017

Profs: Chastising disruptive protesters 'endangered' students

Several University of Oregon professors recently blasted President Michael Schill for his reaction to a student pro…

By Adam Sabes
Nov 8, 2017

Texas Lt. Gov directs Senate to study campus free speech

The instruction follows the recent shut-down of a state representative's speaking event at Texas Southern Universit…

By Adam Sabes
Oct 30, 2017

UO prez: 'Tactic of silencing' is 'awfully close' to fascism

Schill himself was recently on the receiving end of the "tactic of silencing" when students refused to let him deli…

By Kyle Perisic
Oct 26, 2017

UW Regent: Punishing disruptive protests will 'chill speech'

Tony Evers predicts that the new policy will "chill speech" on college campuses by punishing students who repeatedl…

By Adam Sabes
Oct 17, 2017

Clueless protesters shout down University of Oregon prez

The protesters complained vaguely about "a huge proliferation of neo-Nazi propaganda" and the fact that they pay tu…

By Kyle Perisic
Oct 10, 2017

UW Regents propose substantial new free speech protections

The provision is among the more controversial elements of model legislation crafted by the Goldwater Institute, and…

By Adam Sabes
Oct 4, 2017

UMich paper defends silencing speakers who 'outrage' students

The editors are upset that the bills would allow students to be punished for repeatedly infringing on the First Ame…

By Justin Caruso
Jun 16, 2017

Northwestern condemns disruptive protest against ICE rep

Many students, and even some faculty members, are upset by the university's statement, insisting that academic free…

By Justin Caruso
May 22, 2017

Pink-haired protester disrupts speech by 'racist' ISU prez

A megaphone-wielding student interrupted a conference on racism to attack Iowa State President Steven Leath for “pu…

By Amber Athey
Mar 6, 2017