Free Speech on Campus!

Homework (for bonus points!):

If you'd like to prepare for our rollicking discussion, take a look at:

- "Free Speech on Campus" by Erwin Chemerinsky and Howard Gillman. *

- Article from The Stanford Daily (Stanford's "Fundamental Standard", freedom of speech, California's "Leonard Law”. (11/2018) 

https://www.stanforddaily.com/2018/11/27/a-closer-look-at-the-fundamental-standards-limits/

- President Trump said that he would issue an executive order protecting free speech on campus, withholding federal grants to schools that fail to comply. (02/2019) https://www.breitbart.com/education/2019/03/04/pollak-trumps-executive-order-on-campus-free-speech-should-target-overhead-costs/

- The ACLU’s take on restriction of speech on campus (interesting that there’s a nexus where Trump and The ACLU agree). https://www.aclu.org/other/speech-campus

- China retaliated against The Univeristy Of San Diego for inviting the Dalai Lama to speak at graduation, by cutting off scholarships for Chinese students to attend the university. Could lead to a chilling effect as American universities contemplate potential speakers/lecturers on campus. (09/2017)

https://www.google.com/amp/s/qz.com/1080962/china-is-retaliating-against-the-university-of-california-san-diego-for-inviting-the-dalai-lama-to-speak-at-commencement/amp/

- Duke professor apologizes and steps down after telling Chinese students to speak only English on campus. (01/2019) https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/01/27/duke-professor-warns-chinese-students-speak-english-campus-or-face-unintended-consequences/?utm_term=.e3661f12ef2e

* "Hardly a week goes by without another controversy over free speech on college campuses. On one side, there are increased demands to censor hateful, disrespectful, and bullying expression and to ensure an inclusive and nondiscriminatory learning environment. On the other side are traditional free speech advocates who charge that recent demands for censorship coddle students and threaten free inquiry. In this clear and carefully reasoned book, a university chancellor and a law school dean—both constitutional scholars who teach a course in free speech to undergraduates—argue that campuses must provide supportive learning environments for an increasingly diverse student body but can never restrict the expression of ideas. This book provides the background necessary to understanding the importance of free speech on campus and offers clear prescriptions for what colleges can and can’t do when dealing with free speech controversies."

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