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Jamie Raskin: “If we have no freedom of thought and speech on campus, it is hard to imagine where we are going to have it in the United…”

On the recordJune 1, 2015
If we have no freedom of thought and speech on campus, it is hard to imagine where we are going to have it in the United States.
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Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland

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Raskin warns that lack of free speech on campuses threatens broader freedoms in the U.S.

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