Ep. 213: Campus unrest - live webinar
from So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast
by FIRE
Published: Tue Apr 30 2024
Show Notes
Host Nico Perrino joins his FIRE colleagues Will Creeley and Alex Morey to answer questions about the recent campus unrest and its First Amendment implications.
Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
0:41 What is FIRE?/campus unrest
5:44 What are the basic First Amendment principles for campus protest?
Student encampments
Exceptions to the First Amendment
Can administrators limit access to non-students/faculty?
Denying recognition to Students for Justice in Palestine
Were protesters at UT Austin doing anything illegal?
The USC valedictorian
What does "objectively offensive" mean? / Does Davis apply to colleges?
Is it illegal to protest too loudly?
What options do colleges have to moderate/address hate speech?
Does calling for genocide constitute bullying/harassment?
Wrapping up on the situation
Show Notes
"USC canceling valedictorian's commencement speech looks like calculated censorship," Alex Morey
"Emerson College: Conservative Student Group Investigated for Distributing 'China Kinda Sus' Stickers," FIRE's case files
"HATE:Why We Should Resist it With Free Speech, Not Censorship," Nadine Strossen
"DefendingMy Enemy: American Nazis, the Skokie Case, and the Risks of Freedom," Aryeh Neier (pdf)
"David Goldberger, lead attorney in 'the Skokie case,'" "So to Speak" Ep. 118