Clinical Associate Professor & First Amendment Clinic Director Clare R. Norins was a featured guest speaker on the “First Amendment Litigation Panel” during Clemson University’s Lectures in Law and Humanities Series in March 2026. She co-presented with Gabe Walters, an attorney with the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.
The Issue
Free Speech
The First Amendment protects the right of private individuals to engage in speech and expression without being censored or punished by the government because of their viewpoint. While the government may constitutionally regulate the time, place, and manner of private speech in public forums it must do so in a viewpoint-neutral manner and, depending on…
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The Issue
Speech-Based Retaliation
The First Amendment prohibits the government from retaliating against individuals exercising their rights to free speech, press, assembly, and petition of the government for redress of grievances. Read more about our work to address retaliation against individuals who have engaged in protected expression, newsgathering, and petitioning.
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