Category: Center to Protect Free Speech
Category: Center to Protect Free Speech
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Once Again, Harvard Ranks Dead Last in Free Speech Rankings
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) released their annual free speech rankings. Between January 25 and June 17, 2024 58, 807 students from 257 colleges and universities…
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U.S. House of Representatives Passes Campus Free Speech Legislation
Thursday, September 19, the U.S. House of Representatives passed The End Woke Higher Education Act (H.R. 3724). This two-bill package includes the Accreditation for College Excellence Act sponsored by…
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Free Speech Online at Risk? Implications of the Murthy v. Missouri Decision
Free speech has been a prevalent issue in 2024. This year, we have already seen threats to free speech on college campuses across the country, and now, potential threats…
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A Win for Free Speech in New Hampshire
Friday, July 19, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu signed HB 1305, a bill protecting free speech on college campuses, into law, and has received bipartisan support in the…
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Myths vs. Facts: Free Speech
Free speech has been a highly discussed and debated issue in 2024. There have been several threats to free speech so far this year, such as violent riots breaking…
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Antisemitism on Display at Columbia University “Encampment”
Antisemitism has been a problem on university campuses for years but has been especially prevalent since Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel. Last month, I wrote about an…
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Free Speech Under Attack at UC Berkeley
Antisemitism on college campuses is not new, but since Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel, there have been many instances of antisemitism seen across the country and the world. At…
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The Latest Threats to Donor Privacy
A recent People United for Privacy memo found that 31 states are considering legislation that has the potential to threaten nonprofit donors’ privacy in 2024. This list includes: Alabama,…
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Claudine Gay Resigns as Harvard University President
On Tuesday, January 2nd, Claudine Gay resigned as Harvard University President after plagiarism accusations and her response to antisemitism on campus following the Hamas attack on Israel in…
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Tackling Free Speech Issues on Campus: ALEC in The Center Square
The Center Square covered ALEC’s recent philanthropic advocacy panel at the 2023 States & Nation Policy Summit in Scottsdale, AZ. Focusing on free speech at public universities,…
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Treasury Recognizes Importance of Donor Privacy in New Regulation
On July 16, the Department of the Treasury announced that 501(c) tax-exempt organizations, except 501(c)(3)s, no longer have to disclose their donor information on their yearly IRS tax forms.
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I Saw The Sign
“I saw the sign,” sang pop band Ace of Base in the early ‘90s. They probably didn’t realize it, but their song draws attention to a frequently overregulated part…
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Arsenic and Old Law: Regulation, Litigation and California’s Proposition 65 Problem
Walking into a coffee shop in California isn’t quite like walking into a coffee shop in other parts of the United States. The general atmosphere may be much the same:…
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ALEC Free Speech Director Advises CA Senate on Protecting Campus Free Speech
Earlier this year, the University of California at Berkley was the scene of violent protests over its campus speakers. In an effort to balance a person’s right to free speech…
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Protests: Enforce the Laws on the Books Before Writing New Ones
Every time there is a crisis, the pressure is on legislators to do something about it. Recently the crisis has been protests. In the wake of violent protests, the burning…
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VIDEO: The FORUM Act – A Model Policy Proposal
Download the FORUM Act Forming Open and Robust University Minds (FORUM) Act To protect the free speech rights of students in accordance with…
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ALEC Donor Disclosure Toolkit
Donor disclosure and donor privacy are very important issues. Unfortunately, instead of a focus on government transparency and individual privacy, many advocates of donor disclosure are actually attempting to pass laws that would require the disclosure of personal information—like names and home addresses of Americans—in order to intimidate these donors from contributing to the causes they care about most.
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ALEC Model Policy Protects Speech on Campus, Representative Taylor
In an August 1, 2017 op-ed, State Representative Chris Taylor of Wisconsin spent a lot of time attacking the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). As the director…
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ALEC Center to Protect Free Speech Supports Protesters in Denver
Despite disagreements, the ALEC Center to Protect Free Speech was proud to support the First Amendment rights of the protesters at our Annual Meeting in Denver, CO.
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Addresses ALEC 44th Annual Meeting
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos talks educational choice at the 44th Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado.