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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Goldberg, Suzanne B

Titel

FREE EXPRESSION ON CAMPUS: MITIGATING THE COSTS OF CONTENTIOUS SPEAKERS

Ist Teil von

• Harvard journal of law and public policy, 2018-01, Vol.41 (1), p.163-186

Ort / Verlag

Cambridge: Harvard Society for Law and Public Policy, Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Quelle

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The debate over how colleges and universities should respond to contentious guest speakers on campus is not a new one. A quick look back to the early 1990s, among other times, shows commentators squaring off much as they do today about the tensions between protecting free expression and ensuring meaningful equality. Perhaps not surprisingly, the issues that contested speakers address are also much the same as they have been for several decades--government action and inaction on various issues, the rights and social status of identity-based groups, and conflicts within political territories and regimes, among others. One might respond to the challenges posed by contentious speakers on campus by concluding that the only obligation of colleges and universities is to ensure that the speaker is able to present remarks safely and without interruption, in keeping with First Amendment values and institutional commitments to considering and contesting all ideas and viewpoints.