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Constitutional Law

Nov. 20, 2002

Mum's the Word on Public Campuses

Forum Column - By Richard P. McKee - On public-school campuses today, intolerance toward dissenting views is becoming the norm. Page 6. By Richard McKee We historically have protected and encouraged free speech in the nation's classrooms, where academic freedom routinely is celebrated. Academic freedom - the freedom of scholars to write, research, speak and teach whatever they feel is factual and important, no matter how controversial - is an outgrowth of the First Amendment.

        Forum Column
        
        By Richard McKee

        
        We historically have protected and encouraged free speech in the nation's classrooms, where academic freedom routinely is celebrated. Academic freedom - the freedom of scholars to write, resear...

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