AAUP

Academic Freedom's Uneven First Amendment Path

This review is part of a preview of the winter 2026 issue of Academe. The issue will be released in full in February.
Reason

"Title VI Must Be Applied Consistent with First Amendment Principles"

A federal district court discusses how the First Amendment limits liability for "hostile environment harassment" based on "speech on matters of public concern" in universities (public or private). And ...
The New York Times

The Supreme Court Must Intervene in the TikTok Case

Mr. Jaffer and Ms. Lakier are experts in First Amendment law. Last week, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a federal law that threatens to shut down TikTok in the United ...
Reason

"Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023" (Which Just Passed the House) Could Suppress First-Amendment-Protected Criticism of Israel

(1) means the definition of antisemitism adopted on May 26, 2016, by the IHRA [International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance], of which the United States is a member, which definition has been adopted ...