An Angry Mob Shuts Down Conservative Event at Binghamton University
By Alliance Defending Freedom posted on: July 22, 2020 By: Jenna Mohrmann, Media Communications Intern Sadly, it is becoming far too common for university students to have their ideas censored on college campuses. The First Amendment guarantees everyone freedom of speech. This applies to public college campuses, but often, university officials don’t respect that freedom. This happened […]
Free Speech Protected at Wisconsin University Because of One Student’s Bravery
By Alliance Defending Freedom posted on: July 20, 2020 By: Cameron Cortman, Summer Office Assistant Because of the First Amendment, students shouldn’t have to worry about being able to speak freely on their college campuses. However, in many instances, students are limited to “speech zones” or threatened by school administration when they engage in free speech. Rising-sophmore […]
WATCH: What’s Happening to Free Speech on College Campuses?
By Maureen Collins posted on: July 16, 2020 Is free speech worth protecting? Our Founding Fathers protected this right in the First Amendment of our Constitution because they knew that the free expression of thought is a vital part of a free society. And if certain viewpoints are censored, it is a recipe for tyranny. But this past […]
An Angry Mob Silenced Conservative Speech on Campus… Here’s What We Did About It
By Alliance Defending Freedom posted on: July 1, 2020 By: Jenna Mohrmann, Media Communications Intern Thanks to the First Amendment, we all have the freedom to speak our minds without government interference. That should hold true on public college campuses as well. A college campus is supposed to be a “marketplace of ideas,” after all. Despite this, some college […]
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 […]
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 […]
Why This French Teacher Was Forced to Choose Between His Conscience and His Job
By Charles Snow posted on: January 29, 2020 I come from a family filled with public school teachers. From an early age, I saw that teachers rarely only taught students. They served the school in any way they could, often in ways above and beyond their pay grade. Peter Vlaming was no different. He taught French at […]
HUGE News! President Trump Takes 3 Major Actions on Religious Freedom Relying in Large Part on an ADF Supreme Court Case and Clients
By Maureen Collins posted on: January 15, 2020 The First Amendment protects every American’s right to freely live out their faith. That includes every individual—not just those whose beliefs are popular. But for decades, we’ve seen many officials try to roll back these protected rights. We’ve witnessed government programs that excluded church-run schools based on their religious identity. We’ve […]
Watch Why an Accompished Professor Was Demoted, Harassed, and Effectively Fired
By Sarah Kramer Posted on: | November 07, 2019 When Dr. Allan Josephson was hired as the Division Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology Division at the University of Louisville in 2003, the program was struggling. Over the next 15 years, Dr. Josephson led the program as it became nationally recognized. And in 2014, 2015, […]