I just caught this in my twitter feed, posted yesterday morning, where USD School of Law is hosting a speaker associated with the topic of free speech:
Interesting, timely, and with food! Hope a lot of folks can come hear another of the many interesting voices hosted by @USDLawSD pic.twitter.com/zhUVbiLVvT
— Neil Fulton (@NeilFultonSD) October 22, 2019
Director of Litigation Marieke Tuthill Beck-Coon is the Director of Litigation for free speech nonprofit Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE).
It’s probably just coincidence this announcement comes less than two weeks after State Rep. Sue Peterson’s letter to the head of the Board of Regents for ‘slow walking‘ the implementation of last session’s intellectual diversity bill.
But, please give credit when credit is due.
✅✅✅ Great choice.
Its a start
If Uber-liberal Fulton is seeing the light then maybe the worm is turning
They better turn things around or they are going to get totally clubbed during session
With free speech comes accountability. And that also apply to censorship. Welcome to the light !
Maybe the law professors at USD should send a legal memo to the Regents about how to follow the law. If the Regents blow off HB1087 they will pay a stiff price, or I should say the colleges will. Time for the Regents to quit mucking things up and looking clueless.
Praise USD for a right down the middle on free speech (equally defends regardless of message) in response to a long and exclusive line of crazy liberal speakers. Seems fair (sarcasm).
But can’t help noticing Fulton’s enthusiastic invitation of the former Democrat US Senator and the middle of the road invitation to FIRE.
The level of stupidity these people think we are only exposes either their own stupidity or their gall. Or both
It’s great, but don’t give the administration credit for the work of the student group. Usually FedSoc pays for its own speakers honorariums and travel with funds from national donors. Plus the topic — free speech — is just Classical Liberalism 101 (in the broad, philosophical sense). Nothing particularly intellectually diverse about that, as Troy said. Ho hum.