A Tale of Two Colleges: How One Community College in Oregon Is Silencing Student Speech
By Danielle Bliven posted on: May 6, 2020 As a sophomore at Patrick Henry College in Virginia, I value the opportunity to sharpen my own beliefs through hearing and discussing different perspectives on campus. Thankfully, my college upholds the First Amendment rights of its students—as it should. I am encouraged not to suppress my beliefs but to […]
This Professor Was Fired for What He Wrote on a Chalkboard
By Sarah Kramer posted on: April 16, 2020 Dr. Nathaniel Hiers never thought that engaging in some friendly banter with his colleagues would get him fired. Dr. Hiers was a graduate student at the University of North Texas (UNT) from 2013 until he obtained his doctorate in mathematics in the spring 2019. He then joined UNT as a […]
ADF sues Univ. of N. Texas on behalf of math professor fired for joke about ‘microaggressions’
Department head said he didn’t agree with professor’s views, fired him immediately without following university’s own procedures SHERMAN, Texas – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed suit in federal court Thursday on behalf of a University of North Texas professor in Denton fired for criticizing flyers about “microaggressions” that someone left anonymously in the mathematics department’s […]
Georgia Tech faces lawsuit for discriminating against MLK’s niece
Student government denied funding to club sponsoring Alveda King event because she is ‘inherently religious’ like her uncle ATLANTA – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing the Students for Life chapter at Georgia Tech filed suit in federal court Wednesday after the university’s student government denied funding for a speaking event featuring Alveda King, the niece […]
Georgia Tech Has a Long History of Unconstitutional Policies—So This Student Group Is Taking a Stand
By Bryce Asberg posted on: April 1, 2020 More than 50 years after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Americans are still learning from his legacy. Students for Life at Georgia Tech recognized this. And that’s why they decided to bring Alveda King, Dr. King’s niece, to campus to speak about her experience in the […]
ADF’s History Battling Viewpoint-Squelching Student Fees at Public Universities
By Jordan Lorence posted on: March 17, 2020 Last month, Alliance Defending Freedom won a lawsuit against the unconstitutional mandatory student fee system at California State University-San Marcos. ADF is no stranger to challenging mandatory student fees, which universities often use to force students to fund groups advocating ideas they don’t agree with while simultaneously denying funding to pro-life […]
Faith-based campus groups at U of Iowa: We have right to determine our leaders like others
ADF attorneys file friend-of-the-court brief at 8th Circuit ST. LOUIS – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys, on behalf of faith-based campus organizations, filed a friend-of-the-court brief Monday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit that asks it to uphold a district court’s ruling in favor of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. That decision allows each […]
Atheists, Jews, Muslims, Catholics file support at US Supreme Court for student free speech rights
WASHINGTON – An ideologically diverse array of groups submitted friend-of-the-court briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court this week that ask it to take a case filed by Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys on behalf of two former college students seeking to vindicate their constitutionally protected freedoms. The parties supporting the former students include atheist, Jewish, Catholic, […]
The Legal Promise and Sobering Reality of the Fight for Free Speech on Campus
High-school athletes file suit to protect fairness in girls’ sports
ADF attorneys represent female track competitors marginalized by Connecticut’s allowance of boys in their events HARTFORD, Conn. – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing three female high-school track competitors and their mothers filed suit in federal court Wednesday to challenge Connecticut’s policy of allowing males to compete in girls’ sports—a policy that robs female athletes of […]