On September 18, 2023, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) filed an amicus (“friend of the court”) brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Speech First’s challenge to Virginia Tech’s bias incident policy and Bias Intervention and Response Team (BIRT). FIRE called Virginia Tech’s Bias Intervention and Response Team regime Orwellian, arguing that it recruits students to anonymously report peers’ protected expression, including political speech and off-color jokes.
Read the full brief below:
