Opinion | Jessica Levinson: President Trump's new executive order protecting free speech on college campuses could actually harm free speech. - NBCNewsTHINK
The First Amendment exists so that the government cannot tell us how and when we speak. And yet, this executive order could result, albeit indirectly, in doing just that.Again, nothing on the face of the executive order says anything other than that colleges and universities that accept federal funds must do what they are already doing — adhering to the First Amendment and institutional policies regarding the freedom of speech.
Republicans regularly criticize colleges and universities for allegedly promoting liberal speakers and stifling conservative ones. These criticisms often point to a few high-profile examples that suggest oversensitivity, at the very least. For example, in 2017 students at Middlebury College in Vermont
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