Ep 213: Campus unrest - live webinar

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

Occupying a campus building, blocking students from attending classes, and vandalizing property is not protected by the First Amendment, full stop.

It’s illiberal. It’s illegal. And it should be punished.

No student should be denied access to their campus because of their identity or beliefs.

Mob blockades against targeted students are illiberal and unlawful and cannot be tolerated.

UChicago has been showing the way for years. Universities should adopt their Chicago Statement on freedom of expression and the Kalven principles on institutional neutrality. Admins make their lives so. much. easier. with these in place. @uchicago The Chicago Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression

Do older people and people in authority really mean what they say about the First Amendment? Do they believe in free speech—and can they handle it?

Right now, too many leaders are failing the test.

✍️: Will Creeley
📰: The Atlantic theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

'Part of a liberal education is having that diversity of voices on campus. That's a feature, not a bug!'

FIRE's Alex Morey joined Jake Tapper tonight to answer the biggest free speech questions amid unrest on American college campuses.

📺: The Lead CNN

With protests surging, colleges struggle to distinguish First Amendment-protected speech from illegal conduct. To clarify what’s protected and what’s not, college admins must adopt and consistently enforce policies grounded in free speech principles.
thefire.org/news/freedom-o…

REGISTER: Join So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast host Nico Perrino for a LIVE podcast episode with Will Creeley and Alex Morey on the recent campus unrest and its First Amendment implications.

You won't want to miss it.

🗓️: April 29th
🕛: 12:00 pm EST
🖥️: thefire-org.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

TAKE ACTION: FIRE is urging UT Austin to ensure all charges against peaceful protesters—and any disciplinary sanctions against them—have been dropped.

While we await their response, join FIRE in demanding Gov. Abbott recommit to upholding 1A rights!
thefire.org/news/texas-tra…

Students nationwide are protesting the Israel-Hamas war. Some protests are legal and protected. Some are not.

How do you tell the difference?

FIRE’s latest Q&A has the answers.
thefire.org/news/heres-wha…

REGISTER: Join So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast host Nico Perrino for a LIVE podcast episode with Will Creeley and Alex Morey on the recent campus unrest and its First Amendment implications.

You won't want to miss it.

🗓️: April 29th
🕛: 12:00 pm EST
🖥️: thefire-org.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

FIRE's President and CEO Greg Lukianoff: Colleges and universities should be citadels for self-reflection and talking to those you disagree with.

The unrest on college campuses shows how far some have strayed from this central purpose of higher education.

📺: CBS Mornings

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