Nonprofit launches new effort against campus speech codes

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The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education on Tuesday announced a significant litigation effort to fight campus speech codes in colleges and universities across the country.

FIRE, a non-profit foundation that advocates for academic freedom, filed four separate lawsuits against Ohio University, Iowa State University, Chicago State University, and Citrus College in California. The filings launched FIRE’s new Stand Up for Free Speech Litigation Project, a national effort aimed at eliminating campus speech codes.

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