Texas cannot make up its mind about free speech. In 2019, it enacted legislation seeking to promote a robust and uninhibited exchange of ideas in its public colleges and universities. Aptly called the ...
The First Amendment’s protections are significant, only allowing a government or university to punish students for speech in ...
Pro-Palestinian protesters gather at the Stallions statue on the Texas State campus in San Marcos on Monday. (Patricia Lim | KUT News) There are a few more weeks until college is back in session, but ...
Four years ago, as Texas Republicans worried that conservative voices were being silenced at universities, Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill that enshrined new free speech protections on campuses. "Some ...
I know all too well that getting sued is no fun. A few years ago, a journalist from Art News emailed to ask my co-authors and me to comment on a defamation lawsuit filed by two antiquities dealers ...
Texas State University has recently come under scrutiny for their policy that allows students to anonymously report their peers to the administration if they feel verbally “harassed” in any way, ...
(The Texas Tribune) - The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a free speech advocacy group, has sued Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to block a new Texas law that would require ...
Texas is currently one of 35 states with robust legal protections against SLAPP suits. New Texas resident Elon Musk is banding together with entrenched fossil fuel interests in a campaign to roll ...
A bonkers new Texas bill would ban a bunch of activities related to abortion, including taking abortion pills in other states and facilitating or hosting online speech about procuring abortions. It ...