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Tredyffrin/Easttown backs down from censorship of Conestoga High School newspaper

May 16, 2023May 16, 2023
Linda Stein

After rebuke from free speech lawyers, the district now claims they never raised the “equity” claim in their censorship efforts.
By Linda Stein

Free Speech

School newspaper’s “destination map” for departing seniors violates district equity policy: Report

May 10, 2023May 15, 2023
Todd Shepherd
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Tredyffrin/Easttown administration demands that students censor facts in the name of “equity.”
By Todd Shepherd

Free Speech

Police, Springfield Township agree to injunction on Thin Blue Line flag ban

February 2, 2023February 4, 2023
Linda Stein
3

Banning this flag — and only this flag — raises First Amendment issues, the plaintiffs’ lawyer says.
By Linda Stein

Free Speech

Joe D’Orsie: The Twitter Files — let us not soon forget

December 19, 2022December 19, 2022
Joe D’Orsie
8

The Twitter Files show that an outrageously partisan leadership team knowingly limited conservative voices.
By Joe D’Orsie

Free Speech

Andy Bloom: What a dozen years working with the Howard Stern Show taught me about freedom of expression

December 7, 2022December 14, 2022
Andy Bloom
4

Free speech is an American value and essential to a functioning democracy.
By Andy Bloom

Free Speech

Former prof. sues University of Scranton over Covid-19 vaccination policies, dismissal

November 22, 2022November 22, 2022
Todd Shepherd
2

Professor Bishop, who is vaccinated, alleges that the firing is retaliation for his contrary viewpoints.
By Todd Shepherd

Free Speech

Amid outcry on antisemitism, Temple University stands by professor who tweeted support for Palestinian terrorist

November 8, 2022November 12, 2022
Todd Shepherd
1

Temple University professor Marc Lamont Hill tweeted a memorial to a Palestinian terrorist jailed for her role in an attempted bombing of a Jerusalem movie theater.
By Todd Shepherd

Free Speech

Pennsbury school board must pay $300k for violating residents’ free speech rights

July 18, 2022July 18, 2022
Linda Stein

A judge ruled that the district’s policy amounted to viewpoint discrimination in a public forum.
By Linda Stein

Free Speech

Former St. Joe’s prof. sues university and former student over free speech fight

January 24, 2022February 1, 2022
Todd Shepherd
1

After Greg Manco’s teaching contract was not renewed last year in the wake of a Twitter controversy, the former visiting professor is suing St. Joe’s as well as some alumni in federal court.
By Todd Shepherd

Free Speech

Kyle Sammin: Cancel culture comes to Hawk Hill

March 1, 2021March 1, 2021
Kyle Sammin
5

A professor of math at St. Joe’s University has his livelihood placed in jeopardy for tweeting mainstream opinions on critical race theory and reparations online.
By Kyle Sammin

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