You Can't Say That! The Growing Threat to Civil Liberties from Antidiscrimination Laws by David E. Bernstein

About The Book

In a misguided attempt to eradicate every vestige of "discrimination" in society, activists and courts are using antidiscrimination laws to erode civil liberties such as free speech, the free exercise of religion, and freedom of association. Civil rights laws today are being applied in ways that threaten free speech on campus and in the workplace, the right of local community activists to speak out against government policies, the rights of private associations such as the Boy Scouts to determine their membership policies, and even the rights of individuals to choose their roommates.

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Resources from Chapter Five: Censoring Campus Speech

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

DOE website: www.Ed.gov

Office for Civil Rights: www.Ed.gov

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR'S OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS
OFCCP website: www.DOL.gov

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT RIVERSIDE CONTROVERSY
David Bernstein, "Free Speech? Not on Campus": www.CFAC.org
Paul Trout, "'Racist!' as an Epithet of Repression" MTProf.MSUN.edu
Individual Rights Foundation: www.CSPC.org

JAMES TARANTO AND UCLA CONTROVERSY
"CSU, Northridge Newspaper Silenced": www.TOTSE.com
"The California Inquisition: Suppressing Free Speech In the Name of Affirmative Action": www.IJ.org

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA COLLEGE REPUBLICANS CONTROVERSY
Maura Lerner, "Censored Conservatives Say 'U' Can't Take A Joke": www.MIT.edu

DONALD SILVA AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE CONTROVERSY
William Honan, "Professor Ousted for Lecture Gets Job Back": www.CIR-USA.org
Jeremy Rabkin, "New Checks on Campus Sexual-Harassment Cops": www.CIR-USA.org
David Bernstein, "'The Human Stain' on America's Campuses": www.Cato.org

Footnote 158.
Doe v. University of Michigan, 721 F. Supp. 852 (E.D. Mich. 1989): www.MIT.edu

Footnote 160.
UWM Post, Inc. v. Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, 774 F. Supp. 1163 (E.D. Wis. 1991): www.EFF.org

Footnote 162.
R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul, 505 U.S. 377 (1992): www.Oyez.org and SupCt.Law.Cornell.edu

Footnote 164.
Wisconsin v. Mitchell, 508 U.S. 47 (1993): SupCt.Law.Cornell.edu

Footnote 166.
Eugene Volokh, "Freedom of Speech in Cyberspace from the Listener's Perspective: Private Speech Restrictions, Libel, State Action, Harassment, and Sex," University of Chicago Legal Forum (1996): www1.Law.UCLA.edu

Footnote 167.
University of Maryland College Park's sexual harassment rules: www.Inform.UMD.edu

Footnote 168.
Conciliation Agreement Between the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, and The Ohio State University, September 14, 1992: www.DOL.gov

Footnote 170.
West Virginia University's Speech and Thought Codes: www.NAS.org

Footnote 173.
Reviews of Richard Bernstein, Dictatorship of Virtue: Multiculturalism and the Battle for America's Future (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994): www.NewCriterion.com and www.ScottLondon.com
Charles Alan Kors and Harvey A. Silverglate, The Shadow University: The Betrayal of Liberty on America's Campuses (New York: The Free Press, 1998): www.ShadowUniv.com

Footnote 177.
"Free Speech or Sexual Harassment? Student Suspended for Material in Dorm Newsletter," Student Press Law Center Report, Fall 1997: www.SPLC.org

Footnote 178.
"Kvederis Lawsuit Against CMC Settled on Confidential Terms": www.CMCStudents.com

Footnote 180.
Hardy v. Jefferson Community College, 260 F.3d 671 (6th Cir. 2001): www.NACUA.org
"High Court Turns Away College Officials' Appeal In Free-Speech Case": www.FreedomForum.org

Footnote 181.
Dambrot v. Central Michigan University, 55 F.3d 1177 (6th Cir. 1995): www.Law.Emory.edu

Footnote 183.
Cohen v. San Bernardino Valley College, 92 F.3d 968 (9th Cir. 1996): www.CSULB.edu

Footnote 184.
Silva v. University of New Hampshire, 888 F. Supp. 293 (D.N.H. 1994): www.CIR-USA.org

Footnote 186.
Center for Individual Rights, Docket Report, First Quarter, 1995 (use search function): www.CIR-USA.org

Footnote 188.
Linda Chavez, "Boston College Fires Feminist Prof for Excluding Men," Austin Review, September 15, 1999: www.AustinReview.com

Footnote.
Vicki Schultz, "Reconceptualizing Sexual Harassment," Yale Law Journal 107 (1998): www.Yale.edu

Footnote 191.
Sunera Thobani's speech: www.Print.IndyMedia.org

Footnote 192.
Paul Fromm, Director, Canadian Association for Free Expression, Letter to the Editor: "Police Get Hate-crimes Complaint Against Thobani," National Post, October 10, 2001, p. A4: www.FreedomSite.org (Thobani vs. the Queen)

Footnote 193.
Albert J. Nock, "The Criminal State," American Mercury, March 1939: www.BlancMange.net