ClydeR
09-26-2017, 03:50 PM
In the speech, he announced that the first case will about a student in Georgia who wanted to preach the Gospel on campus but was only allowed to do it at certain specified areas.
Decrying what he sees as political correctness run amok, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday the Justice Department will support students who sue universities claiming their free speech rights were violated.
But during the same speech at Georgetown University's law school, Sessions condemned the NFL players who have been exercising their freedom of expression by kneeling silently during the national anthem before games.
"They can express their political views without in effect denigrating the symbols of our nation," Sessions said.
More... (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-campus-free-speech-jeff-sessions-20170926-story.html)
"The American university was once the center of academic freedom, a place of robust debate, a forum for the competition of ideas," Sessions told an invitation-only audience, as nearly 200 students gathered in protest outside. A few others sat in the auditorium with duct tape over their mouths. "But it is transforming into an echo chamber of political correctness and homogenous thought, a shelter for fragile egos."
Decrying what he sees as political correctness run amok, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday the Justice Department will support students who sue universities claiming their free speech rights were violated.
But during the same speech at Georgetown University's law school, Sessions condemned the NFL players who have been exercising their freedom of expression by kneeling silently during the national anthem before games.
"They can express their political views without in effect denigrating the symbols of our nation," Sessions said.
More... (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-campus-free-speech-jeff-sessions-20170926-story.html)
"The American university was once the center of academic freedom, a place of robust debate, a forum for the competition of ideas," Sessions told an invitation-only audience, as nearly 200 students gathered in protest outside. A few others sat in the auditorium with duct tape over their mouths. "But it is transforming into an echo chamber of political correctness and homogenous thought, a shelter for fragile egos."