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Free speech used to be honored by both left and right -- now shouting down opponents and banning disliked speech is a bipartisan cause

  • Written by Erica Goldberg, Professor of Law, University of Dayton
Free speech used to be honored by both left and right -- now shouting down opponents and banning disliked speech is a bipartisan causeDemonstrators who support banning books gather during a protest outside of the Henry Ford Centennial Library in Dearborn, Mich., on Sept. 25, 2022. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images

Students’ shutting down campus public speakers has become increasingly common at universities across the U.S.

Recently at Stanford Law School, student protesters...

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