1.0Newshttps://www.furman.edu/newsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="RQwHEwcALw"><a href="https://www.furman.edu/news/president-smolla-talks-about-free-speech/">President Smolla talks about free speech</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.furman.edu/news/president-smolla-talks-about-free-speech/embed/#?secret=RQwHEwcALw" width="600" height="338" title="“President Smolla talks about free speech” — News" data-secret="RQwHEwcALw" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.furman.edu/news/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.furman.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/218/2022/07/rod-smolla-4.jpg129188In an interview published in the Harvard Law & Policy Review, Furman president Rod Smolla talks about a variety of free speech issues, including the nature of academic freedom, Title IX and the difference between private and public universities when it comes to speech rights. Smolla is an expert on free expression and academic freedom, and he has argued before state and federal courts around the country, including the U.S. Supreme Court, where he won the landmark case Virginia v. Black.