San Francisco State University

Location: San Francisco, CA 94132

Website: http://www.sfsu.edu

Speech Code Rating

San Francisco State University has been given a speech code rating of Red. You may read more about this institution's speech codes at this page.

FIRE Cases at San Francisco State University

• San Francisco State University: Students Investigated for Stepping on Flags
• San Francisco State University: Speech Code Litigation Project
• California: Unconstitutional Discriminatory Harassment Policies

Recent Media Coverage of San Francisco State University

• College to student group: No selling Christmas trees, only 'holiday' trees, The Daily Caller, November 28, 2012
• 5 More of the Worst Free Speech Violations on College Campuses, PolicyMic, September 12, 2012
• Judge says CSU speech policies raise serious constitutional concerns, The Christian Examiner, December 11, 2007
• Magistrate bars Cal State from enforcing “civility” provision in conduct code, Student Press Law Center, November 15, 2007
• Students who ‘desecrated’ terrorist flags vindicated, World Net Daily, November 9, 2007
• San Francisco State latest target in anti-speech code campaign, The Bulletin, July 18, 2007
• When Hezbollah trumps Old Glory, New York Post, July 16, 2007
• Allah Says: Don't tread on me, Reason Online, July 10, 2007
• A story about flag stomping you won’t believe, FOXNews.com, July 10, 2007
• Ban on desecrating terrorist flags challenged, World Net Daily, July 10, 2007
• Students sue university over probe of anti-terror rally, First Amendment Center, July 10, 2007
• SFSU sued for investigating stomping of flag with Allah's name, International Herald Tribune, July 9, 2007

Posts to The Torch About San Francisco State University

• Compelling ‘Civility’, June 1, 2012
• This Month in FIRE History: San Francisco State University Investigates Students for Anti-Terrorism Protest, February 17, 2012
• ADF's David Hacker on Civility Codes as Speech Codes, August 12, 2010
• California Advisory Committee to U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Hears FIRE Testimony, April 29, 2010
• SFSU Policy Change Just Another in a Long Line of Free Speech Zone Reversals, April 7, 2010
• SFSU Eliminates Free Speech Zones, April 2, 2010
• Universities’ Compliance with Speech Code Decisions Leaves Much to Be Desired , September 24, 2009
• Rights in the News: Harvey’s Harvard Candidacy Continues to Grab Headlines, February 27, 2009
• Anti-Hamas Rally Stirs Controversy, Calls for Punishment at SFSU, February 16, 2009
• This Month in FIRE History: San Francisco State University Investigates Students for Anti-Terrorism Protest, February 13, 2009