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Research & Learn

Explore FIRE's library of resources and research on free speech and other civil liberties.

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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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Interviews

So to Speak Podcast Transcript: A tech policy bonanza! The FCC, FTC, AI regulations, and more

Does a cat stand on two legs or four? The answer to that question may tell you all you need to know about the government involving itself in social media content moderation. On today’s show, we cover the latest tech policy developments involving the Federal Communications Commission, Federal Trade Commission, AI regulation, and more.

A tech policy bonanza! The FCC, FTC, AI regulations, and more

Podcasts

A tech policy bonanza! The FCC, FTC, AI regulations, and more

Does a cat stand on two legs or four? The answer to that question may tell you all you need to know about the government involving itself in social media content moderation. On today's show, we cover the latest tech policy developments...

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Issue Pages

Invasion of the rights of others and student speech

Students are entitled to express themselves so long as their speech does not “materially and substantially interfere” with school activities.

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Issue Pages

The First Amendment

The First Amendment protects freedom of speech, religion, the press, assembly, and the right to petition the government and is arguably the defining factor of our American system of government.

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Toolkits

Helpful phrases to use in practicing civil discussions

By treating the other person with manners and respect, even if they don’t respond in kind, you increase the odds of having a positive encounter with them in the future.

Bob Corn-Revere and Ronnie London

Interviews

So to Speak Podcast Transcript: JD Vance, 60 Minutes, the Associated Press, the FCC, and more

From JD Vance’s free speech critique of Europe to the Trump administration barring the Associated Press from the Oval Office, free speech news is buzzing.

JD Vance, 60 Minutes, the Associated Press, the FCC, and more

Podcasts

JD Vance, 60 Minutes, the Associated Press, the FCC, and more

From JD Vance's free speech critique of Europe to the Trump administration barring the Associated Press from the Oval Office, free speech news is buzzing. General Counsel Ronnie London and Chief Counsel Bob Corn-Revere unpack the latest...

Cancel culture, legal education, and the Supreme Court with Ilya Shapiro

Podcasts

Cancel culture, legal education, and the Supreme Court with Ilya Shapiro

Over the years, elite institutions shifted from fostering open debate to enforcing ideological conformity. But as guest Ilya Shapiro puts it, "the pendulum is swinging back." He shares his firsthand experience with cancel culture and how the...

Ilya Shapiro

Interviews

So to Speak Podcast Transcript: Cancel culture, legal education, and the Supreme Court with Ilya Shapiro

Over the years, elite institutions shifted from fostering open debate to enforcing ideological conformity. But as guest Ilya Shapiro puts it, “the pendulum is swinging back.”

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FIRE Quarterly

Winter 2025 FIRE Quarterly

After a lawsuit from FIRE and the National Press Photographers Association, Congress passes positive changes to filming permit rules in national parks.

Scales of justice over Constitutional text

Reports

National Speech Index - January 2025

Conservatives went from the most pessimistic subgroup to the most optimistic following Donald Trump’s election, while liberals’ optimism fell.

The Chicago Canon

Podcasts

The Chicago Canon

The University of Chicago is known for its commitment to free speech and academic freedom. Why are these values important to the university? Where do they originate? And how do they help administrators navigate conflicts and controversies? Tony Banout...

So to Speak Chicago Canon

Interviews

So to Speak Podcast Transcript: UChicago's Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression

The University of Chicago is known for its commitment to free speech and academic freedom. Why are these values important to the university?

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Issue Pages

Why ‘SLAPP’ lawsuits chill free speech and threaten the First Amendment

You can’t use the legal system to punish people for speech you don’t like.

During the winter and spring of 1912, members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and their allies in labor and the community engaged in a pitched battle against a city ordinance that banned public speaking in the area around 5th and E Streets in downtown San Diego.

Issue Pages

‘All who think outside the conventional ruts’: A history of the Free Speech League

The founding of the ACLU was only possible because of a more radical group called the Free Speech League, which launched in 1902 and grew out of earlier progressive movements like abolitionism and free love.

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