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Explore FIRE's expansive library of resources and research on free speech, due process, and other

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2025 College Free Speech Rankings

The largest report of its kind, the 2025 College Free Speech Rankings draw from more than 58,000 student survey responses at 257 colleges and universities and are designed to help parents and prospective students choose the right school.

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National Speech Index

The National Speech Index is an ongoing weekly survey conducted by the Polarization Research Lab, which will allow researchers to track shifting free speech sentiment in America over time.

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Campus Deplatforming Database

This research documents the ways and reasons that deplatforming attempts, a form of intolerance motivated by more than just mere disagreement, occur on college and university campuses from 1998 to the present.

FIRE Guides to Student Rights on Campus

FIRE’s Guides to Student Rights on Campus emphasize the critical importance of rule of law and fair procedure over partisan and repressive rules.

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Supreme Court Cases

Explore First Amendment court cases, opinions, overview essays, academic discussions, and more to learn about the culture and law of free speech in the United States.

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Curricula

Constitution Day Lesson

FIRE has prepared a special Constitution Day Lesson to help educators communicate the background and value of their First Amendment Rights.

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Curricula

Freedom of Religion Lesson

The first right listed in the First Amendment is the freedom of religion. This unit explores what it means to have freedom from and freedom of religion through discussion of key issues such as the Lemon test and the Establishment and Free Exercise clauses.

Curricula

Learn with FIRE

Learn with FIRE provides learners with the opportunity to take courses on a wide range of topics, including free speech and due process, designed by our expert staff.

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Toolkits

Religious Liberty on Campus

The First Amendment enshrines religious liberty as one of our most fundamental and cherished freedoms.

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Toolkits

Student Activist Toolkit

FIRE defends fundamental rights on college campuses, including free speech, religious liberty, freedom of conscience, due process and legal equality.

Campus Guides

FAQ: The First Amendment and Campus Life

Information incoming students need to know about how the First Amendment applies to speech on campus as a reference for students and administrators.

Campus Guides

Order FIRE Guides

FIRE’s Guides to Student Rights on Campus emphasize the critical importance of rule of law and fair procedure over partisan and repressive rules.

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Campus Guides

FIRE's Guide to Religious Liberty on Campus

FIRE’s Guide to Religious Liberty on Campus explains how the legal and moral arguments for religious liberty apply to public and private colleges.

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Bill of Rights

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

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