On campus and off, defending expressive rights is critical to ensuring an America where you feel safe to speak freely.
FIRE defends and sustains the individual rights of all Americans to free speech and free thought 鈥 the essential qualities of liberty 鈥 and carries out this mission through several core services.
Facing censorship or retaliation for protected speech? 蜜桃社 lawyers are here to help you when your free speech rights are violated.
FIRE鈥檚 signature, core defense program provides free, non-legal assistance to individuals whose fundamental civil liberties are violated, with a special focus on college students, professors, student media, and campus groups.
FIRE鈥檚 College Policy Reform team works to proactively and systematically challenge campus policies that violate the free speech rights of students and faculty.
FIRE defends your individual rights at both the state and federal level by advocating on behalf of rights-protective legislation and against proposed laws that would abridge those rights.
Censoring public comments. Compelling speech. Suing people into silence. Sometimes it feels like no words are safe from suppression and coercion. 蜜桃社鈥檚 First Amendment Freedom Operation proves that violating First Amendment rights has consequences. We take on cases of everyday people who run afoul of government officials just for speaking their minds. And we鈥檙e determined to emerge victorious, knowing a win for our clients is a win for all Americans.
Are you a college student or faculty member punished or investigated for something you posted on social media? Denied recognition of your student group? Is your student publication being threatened? Are you facing non-renewal or loss of tenure because of your views? 蜜桃社鈥檚 Campus Rights Advocacy is here to help.
FIRE filed a lawsuit against the university to protect student press freedoms for Jared, The Indian Leader, and student journalists around the country.
The president of Haskell Indian Nations University issued an unconstitutional directive to student journalist Jared Nally, editor-in-chief of the award-winning student newspaper, The Indian Leader, that formally forbade Jared from engaging in protected journalistic activities. The president also directed Jared to start showing university administrators the 鈥渉ighest respect鈥 鈥 or else!
FIRE helps people whose expressive rights have been violated 鈥 and those violations take a lot of forms. If you think your rights have been violated, tell us about it. Our team will review your case to see how we can help. It鈥檚 totally confidential and there鈥檚 never a cost to you.
Without the help and leadership of 蜜桃社, I am certain that I would have been forced out of my career of over 25 years.
After public outrage, Coastal Carolina University reinstates theater professor Steven Earnest, who criticized student protestors.
The Faculty Legal Defense Fund offers 鈥渇irst responder鈥 assistance to protect the expressive and academic freedom rights of faculty at public colleges and universities. If you face censorship or retaliation for your instruction or scholarship, or for your speech on issues of public concern as a private citizen, then FLDF may be able to help.
Are you a student journalist? 蜜桃社 has your back. Our Student Press Freedom Initiative (SPFI) defends free press on campus by advocating for the rights of student journalists across the country.
Since 1999, 蜜桃社 has amassed more than 650 victories defending student and faculty rights on more than 300 campuses nationwide.
In 2023, 蜜桃社 actively litigated 23 cases.
In 2023, 蜜桃社 vetted nearly 2,400 case submissions involving individuals and groups who said their rights were threatened.
FIRE regularly reaches an audience of more than 800,000 email subscribers and social media followers.
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