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Mar 12 2024
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Cajon Valley Union School District student avoids expulsion over free speech controversy
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — A Cajon Valley Union School District student will be allowed to return to the classroom after being at risk of expulsion for a social media post following a fight in December. Kyra Ludwig's parents say this should have never happened in the first place. Ludwig and her parents watched as the school board decided her future at school. The board voted unanimously to suspend
ABC 10News San DiegoMar 12 2024
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Not Even RFK Jr. Wanted to Come to This Vegas Convention of Anti-Vaxxers and 'Free Speech' Brands
There’s nothing unusual about throwing a convention in Las Vegas. But RePlatform Vegas, held at the Horseshoe hotel on the Strip this past weekend, was remarkable in its very premise: the event aimed to gather influencers and brands fixated on the problem of perceived censorship and “cancel culture,” giving them a public stage on which they could describe to an admiring audience all the ways
RollingStone.comJan 22 2024
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UFC's Dana White Comes Out Swinging for Free Speech
Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White defended free speech, denying accusations that he has allowed fighters "a long leash," or any leash, regarding what they are allowed to say and instead wants them to say whatever they want. During the build-up to the UFC 297 mixed martial arts event in Toronto, Canada, on Saturday, Sean Strickland, the former middleweight champion, made
Newsmax (News)Feb 07 2024
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Mask refusal isn’t free speech right, appeals court says
TRENTON, N.J. — A federal appeals court shot down claims Monday that New Jersey residents’ refusal to wear face masks at school board meetings during the COVID-19 outbreak constituted protected speech under the First Amendment. The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling in two related cases stemming from lawsuits against officials in Freehold and Cranford, New Jersey. The suits revolved
Minnesota LawyerFeb 07 2024
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Refusing to wear masks isn’t free speech, appeals court rules
TRENTON, N.J. -- A federal appeals court shot down claims Monday that New Jersey residents' refusal to wear masks at school board meetings during the covid-19 outbreak constituted protected speech under the First Amendment. The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling in two related cases stemming from lawsuits against officials in Freehold and Cranford, N.J. The suits revolved around
Arkansas Democrat-GazetteApr 21 2024
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Passover in Colorado Springs: 'No one is free until all are free'
Watermelon on the plate during a lesson on Sunday about Passover’s ritualist and symbolic Seder meal was a surprise to some adults at Temple Beit Torah, a reform synagogue in Colorado Springs. Dr. Jamie Aminsharifi, whose young son was feeding her pieces of matzah, or unleavened bread, from his serving, wasn’t familiar with the addition. “That’s a thing that’s really cool about modern Judaism
Colorado Springs GazetteJan 31 2024
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Federal judge dismisses Disney’s free speech lawsuit against DeSantis
A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed Disney’s free speech lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, leaving the company’s remaining hopes of regaining control of the district that governs Walt Disney World to a separate state court challenge.
U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor in Tallahassee said in his decision that Disney lacked standing in its First Amendment lawsuit against the
Associated PressAug 04 2021
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AllSidesFeb 08 2024
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Court Rules Refusal To Wear COVID-19 Mask Isn't Free Speech
A group of New Jersey residents lost their fight in court for free speech. On Feb. 5, a Third Circuit Court of Appeals court ruled in favor of school officials in Freehold and Cranford, New Jersey, after residents refused to wear face masks at school board meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic. In two lawsuits filed by George Falcone and Gwyneth Murray-Nolan, the plaintiffs claim not wearing a
Black EnterpriseDec 01 2023
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A Free-Speech Advocate Says That Colleges Are Doing It Wrong
With the war in Gaza dividing college campuses across the country, Greg Lukianoff believes this difficult moment reveals the depth of the free-speech crisis in higher education. As president of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a nonprofit organization devoted to protecting speech, Lukianoff has observed up close the dissolution of campus discourse over the past decade. “It’
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