Book Banners Finding Power in Numbers
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NCAC quoted in Miller-McCune article on new book banning tactics - 0 views
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Groups of parents are getting together and organizing in their communities to ban books," adds Joan Bertin of the National Coalition Against Censorship. "I think what's happening is once a book is challenged in one town, people on the same wavelength, it will flag that book for them. For example, we've seen three challenges to Sherman Alexie's teen novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, all within the past three months, two in Missouri, one in Montana."
Do You Recall Any Creative Hypotheticals From Law School? Did They Cross the Line? - Ne... - 0 views
Haymarket Author Denied Visa To Speak In U.S. - 0 views
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Haymarket Author Denied Visa
"British soldiers go to hell" and free speech « UK Human Rights Blog - 0 views
Scopes Strategy: Creationists Try New Tactics to Promote Anti-Evolutionary Teaching in ... - 0 views
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Under the guise of "academic freedom" creationists are co-opting some old heroes of the fight to teach evolution in the classroom for their anti-science campaign.
Demand for Emails of Wisconsin Professor Raises Legal Questions - FIRE - 0 views
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To the extent that a Wisconsin public university faculty member's emails are connected to a "government function," they may be covered under the state's Open Records law. But whether Cronon's emails meet this criterion is not presently clear. And even then, the court held in Schill that if the emails are in fact records, "then the court must undertake a balancing test to decide whether the statutory presumption favoring disclosure of public records is outweighed by any other public interest."
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To the extent that a Wisconsin public university faculty member's emails are connected to a "government function," they may be covered under the state's Open Records law. But whether Cronon's emails meet this criterion is not presently clear. And even then, the court held in Schill that if the emails are in fact records, "then the court must undertake a balancing test to decide whether the statutory presumption favoring disclosure of public records is outweighed by any other public interest."
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