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The FIRE Quarterly: Volume 4, Number 1

by

FIRE

February 28, 2006

From the Interim President

Albertson College Revamps Its Policies After FIRE Criticizes Troubling Speech Codes

Report Exposes Extensive Constitutional Violations in the UNC System

FIRE Interim President Addresses Rights at University of Wisconsin and Beyond

DePaul University Lifts Ban on ‘Propaganda’

Victory for Freedom of Expression at Washington State University

FIRE Changing the Culture

FIRE’s Weblog, The Torch, Celebrates One Year of Engaging Commentary

In the Mail

FIRE in the News

From the Board of Directors

FIRE Seeks Summer Interns

Recent Articles

FIRE’s award-winning Newsdesk covers the free speech news you need to stay informed.

Alexis Luttrell with her lawn skeletons in Germantown, Tennessee

VICTORY! Charges dropped against TN woman cited for using skeletons in Christmas decorations

March 10, 2025

Less than a month after FIRE filed a First Amendment lawsuit against Germantown, Tennessee, the city has dismissed charges against a resident for keeping skeletons in her yard after Halloween.

Boats on the Colorado River at Horseshoe Bend in Arizona

Free speech advocates rally to support FIRE’s federal appeal to defend advocacy in public parks

March 10, 2025

Protesting in public parks is as American as apple pie. That right does not disappear merely because a private entity operates the public park on the government’s behalf.

Judge pronouncing sentence, striking gavel

The government wants to financially bludgeon those seeking to defend constitutional rights

March 10, 2025

A new White House directive threatens to make it prohibitively expensive for Americans to defend the Constitution in court.

Mahmoud Khalil outside the gates of Columbia University in New York

FIRE demands answers from Trump admin officials on arrest of Mahmoud Khalil

March 10, 2025

Agents from the Department of Homeland Security arrested a lawful permanent resident who has been involved in activism related to the current conflict in Gaza.

Table of Contents

The FIRE Quarterly: Volume 4, Number 1

Recent Articles

VICTORY! Charges dropped against TN woman cited for using skeletons in Christmas decorations

Free speech advocates rally to support FIRE’s federal appeal to defend advocacy in public parks

The government wants to financially bludgeon those seeking to defend constitutional rights

FIRE demands answers from Trump admin officials on arrest of Mahmoud Khalil

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