Damiano v. Grants Pass School District
Rational Debate vs. Hecklers
Mountain States is joining Rachel and Katie’s fight. We are dedicated to protecting an individual’s right to speak freely without fear of retribution.
First Amendment
MSLF’s James Kerwin Testifies at Arizona Legislature
MSLF’s James Kerwin testified before Arizona’s legislature about the troubling tendency of government to use social media to attack Americans’ free speech.
So A Neighbor Asked… How is Mountain States Preparing for Back to School?
In this episode of So A Neighbor Asked… Mountain States attorneys Will Trachman and James Kerwin discuss the topics of free speech and equal protection for students during this back-to-school…
People v. Clark
Free Speech in the Courts
Trial by a jury of your peers has been a right valued in the United States for decades. And while a lot of folks don’t like serving on a jury,…
The Future of Free Speech
As a recent addition to the team here at Mountain States Legal Foundation, I remember one of the first things I ever read about MSLF was the Letter to Dean…
Letter to Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, of U.C. Berkeley Law School
Berkeley Law should be a place where any student feels the freedom to present reasoned and logical viewpoints on the Constitution and individual rights. Yet Berkeley has opted to hire…
Henderson v. School District of Springfield R-12.
Mandated Ideology
Case Summary In the case, Henderson v. School District of Springfield R-12, two employees sued the school district, Springfield Public Schools in Missouri, over mandatory diversity and inclusion training that they…
Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Scardina
They Won't Leave Jack Alone
Jack Phillips, like every creative professional, has the right to decline to use his artistic abilities to express messages he disagrees with.
MSLF Writes Letter to Dean of Stanford Law School
It is the responsibility of the law school to disabuse students of the notion they may freely disrupt, harass, and intimidate others based on their beliefs.
Free Speech means Freedom to Disagree
An unfathomable number of “free-thinking” liberal universities keep free speech on campus under lock and key. This should be disturbing to the average American.