BREAKING: FIRE will defend J. Ann Selzer, the veteran pollster whose last poll before the 2024 election incorrectly predicted Kamala Harris leading in Iowa, against a baseless lawsuit by President-elect Donald Trump that threatens Americans’ First Amendment rights.

FIRE’s @sarahemclaugh: Foreign students can be deported for law-breaking, but they shouldn’t risk deportation over expressing disfavored views. President Trump’s statements threaten what makes American higher education special: the freedom to debate. Full @msnbc op-ed below ⬇️

RT @acglennon: omgoodness I love seeing @TheFIREorg in People mag!.

BREAKING: The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced today it agrees with a federal court ruling that appropriately found the Biden-era Title IX rules to unconstitutionally restrict student First Amendment rights. Those rules, effective in August 2024,

Incoming medical students at @UConn are forced to pledge allegiance not only to the Hippocratic Oath, but also to DEI and social justice. Under the First Amendment, UConn can’t force students to express opinions they don’t actually hold.

2/ TAKE ACTION: Join us in sending a message to the Dean of UConn’s medical school, demanding he let UConn medical students put their patients over politics.

The University of Tennessee agreed to a $250k settlement to FIRE’s client Kim Diei after investigating her for social media posts they called crude. Now, Kim says her love for Cardi B doesn’t get in the way of her job. Read more in this @nytimes exclusive 📰

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POLL: FIRE’s latest update to the National Speech Index reveals confidence about the future of free speech is split along ideological lines. Conservatives are more optimistic and liberals are more concerned about the direction of free speech in 2025.

5/ The lesson is clear: think it’s a good idea to ban “offensive” speech? Be warned some Americans probably think your ideas are offensive too.

6/ FIRE works to defend Americans’ free speech rights no matter who’s in charge. No one should need to worry their rights will be threatened by whatever party is in power.

STATEMENT: President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order today threatening action against international students in the United States for their involvement in campus protests related to Israel and Hamas. Per reports, President Trump promises to “quickly cancel

Kimberly Diei underwent two investigations and a near expulsion from the University of Tennessee for her sex-positive social media posts. Now, after a precedent-setting lawsuit with FIRE, she’s agreed to a $250K settlement with UT. So, we threw Kim a party to celebrate!

RT @WillatFIRE: Proud of this one. We've been fighting against the abuse of broad "professionalism" codes to silence students for years,….

VICTORY! Kimberly Diei has agreed to a $250K settlement with the University of Tennessee after a precedent-setting lawsuit with FIRE. As a pharmacy student, UT twice investigated and nearly expelled her for sex-positive social media posts.

4/ “UT’s pharmacy school learned an important lesson today,” said FIRE attorney Greg H. Greubel. “There is nothing unprofessional about students expressing love of hip-hop and their sexuality on social media. Kim has proven something FIRE has said for 25 years: The First.

5/ UT’s settlement will let universities know they should think twice before punishing students’ speech. Kim is now a pharmacist and hasn’t found her love for Cardi B to get in the way of her job.