Alumni Free Speech Alliance Press Release

September 19, 2023 1 min read

Alumni Free Speech Alliance

Excerpt: Washington, D.C. (September 19, 2023) – The Alumni Free Speech Alliance (AFSA) and alumni groups from nine colleges and universities [including Princetonians for Free Speech] submitted a brief amicus curiae to the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday urging the court to hear a case brought by Speech First over the issue of bias reporting practices and procedures at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The brief can be found here.

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