5/ “FIRE is pleased that the Fifth Circuit has halted President Wendler’s unconstitutional censorship and restored the First Amendment at West Texas A&M,” said FIRE Senior Supervising Attorney JT Morris. thefire.org/news/victory-5…

Big win. Proud of our tireless, tenacious FIRE team — and very grateful for our brave plaintiffs.

Publication day! AUTHORITARIANS IN THE ACADEMY is officially out. Thanks to everyone, especially my colleagues at FIRE and my publisher Hopkins Press, who helped me get this from an idea to a draft to a finished book. It’s available for purchase now.

TAKE ACTION: If @UniversityofKY has its way, speaking your political views can cost you your career. Law professor Ramsi Woodcock remains suspended, publicly shamed as “repugnant,” and banned from campus for his protected speech—and we need your help.

Tom MacDonald is a Canadian living in America. Some people believe he has no First Amendment rights. This means he could be detained and deported for his new music video, “The Devil is a Democrat.” I would strongly oppose that.

Campus censorship is about to get a whole lot worse. The Trump administration, picking up where the Biden administration left off, is attempting to do two very unconstitutional things: 1) Resurrect the dead doctrine of "group libel" to effectively prohibit hate speech. 2)

A Columbus, OH high school reportedly warned students not to speak to the press after a problematic bathroom policy caused long lines, UTIs, and girls menstruating through their clothes. FIRE stepped in—securing a commitment to student speech rights in the Buckeye State.

In the name of defending freedom of speech—including speech I fundamentally disagree with—Uriel Epshtein and I have filed declarations of support in federal court for a lawsuit against Marco Rubio. Read on to find out why: thenextmove.org/p/suing-marco-…

The enemy of free speech is power. The true test of your commitment to free speech is how you respond when power changes hands. Whether it's liberals or conservatives doing the censoring, FIRE will always stand up for free speech.

It’s great to see us acknowledged for our dogged commitment to nonpartisan free speech defense, but this is who we’ve always been. And you won't find a group of more principled & talented people than what we have at @theFIREorg. I could not be prouder of them.

Very grateful for your strong support of @thefireorg's suit, Garry and Uriel!

The Supreme Court already provided the clarification — twice: “If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable.”

smh

STATEMENT: President Trump may believe he has the power to revise the First Amendment with the stroke of a pen, but he doesn’t. Flag burning as a form of political protest is protected by the First Amendment. That’s nothing new. While people can be prosecuted for burning

Donald Trump, March 6, 2025: "I have stopped all government censorship and brought back free speech in America. It’s back." Donald Trump, Aug. 25, 2025: "If you burn a flag, you get one year in jail."

Imagine if a speaker didn’t intend to incite violence - even discouraged it - and yet violence occurred. Say, for example, on the national mall. Would be wrong to hold such a speaker responsible for resulting violence. Surely the President would agree.