Free Speech

A lawyer with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, who's representing the co-editors of the Indiana Daily Student, sent a letter to IU administrators accusing them of violating the students' First Amendment rights.

Via WFYI: Gov. Mike Braun joined other Republican governors who targeted public school teachers over their social media comments about the death of Charlie Kirk.

From Indiana Public Radio: The ACLU of Indiana has filed a lawsuit against Ball State University’s president over the firing of an employee who posted about Charlie Kirk’s death on social media.

In the lawsuit, Speech First claims IU violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments, because the university has a “vague” and “overbroad” bias incident reporting system. The group named President Pamela Whitten, the Board of Trustees and several IU leaders on the Bloomington and Indianapolis campus.

Our show this week was recorded at the Grand Wayne Center on May 1, for a Law Day event organized by the Allen County Bar Association.For a conversation…