Rashida Tlaib: “I am deeply concerned about the escalating repression of First Amendment protected speech and assembly on college…”

“I am deeply concerned about the escalating repression of First Amendment protected speech and assembly on college campuses across our country. To all the elected university boards and appointed presidents, it needs to be very clear: Your students' constitutional rights don't end when they enter your campus grounds. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record statements from the ACLU and from Bend the Arc. [April 26, 2024] ACLU Urges College and University Leaders to Protect Free Speech and Academic Freedom New York.--In response to the anti-war protests happening at colleges across the country, and the disturbing arrests that have followed, the American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter to leaders at both public and private universities. The letter states: ``As you fashion responses to the activism of your students (and faculty and staff), it is essential that you not sacrifice principles of academic freedom and free speech that are core to the educational mission of your respected Institution.'' Authored by ACLU Executive Director Anthony D. Romero and National Legal Director David Cole, the letter offers university leaders five basic guardrails to ensure freedom of speech and academic freedom are protected on campus: 1. They must not single out particular viewpoints for censorship, discipline, or disproportionate punishment. 2.…”