Focus (Forum & Focus)
Sep. 5, 2008
Failing the First Amendment
Vague and broadly worded “civility codes,” to curb student speech are coming under the scrutiny of the courts, where their obvious violations of constitutional principles are being exposed, writes Michael A.S. Newman. - Forum Column
By Michael A.S. Newman
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"The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may think what we like and say what we think." This quotation, by Oliver Wendell Holmes, should not be controversial in a country that purports to protect free speech in the First Amendment to its Constitution. And, of course, freedom of speech has its costs, including having to hear...
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