Friday, March 22, 2019

Trump Signs Executive Order To Preserve Free Speech On College Campuses

President-elect Donald Trump looks on during a rally at the DeltaPlex Arena, December 9, 2016 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Thursday afternoon, President Donald Trump signed an executive order advising colleges to respect students' First Amendment right to free expression or risk losing federal funding.

The executive order is a fulfilled promise; Trump suggested, at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), held earlier this month, that he planned to mandate that colleges and universities respect students' right to free speech, particularly as it relates to accepting conservative speakers on campus. Today's order reflects that intent.

"We’re here to take historic action to defend American students and American values," Trump said, according to Fox News. "They’ve been under siege."

2 comments:

  1. It's absurd how 'agency law' is being disregarded on so many levels, when it come to campuses. The Federal government and it's AGENTS, are bound to the ethics outlined by the Bill of Rights. If your institution receives monies from the U.S. treasury, you're bound to the Bill of Rights by agency.
    Yet we have BAR members wanting to use precedent from two hundred year ago, as means for more government control by gun.

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    1. Yet we have BAR members wanting to use precedent from two hundred year ago, as means for more government control by gun.

      Filthy lucre.

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