The Battle Over Free Speech on Campus

Over the past few weeks, protests on college campuses over the war in Gaza have sparked debate about the extent and limits of student and faculty free speech rights. In this episode, two leading First Amendment scholars, Keith Whittington of Princeton University and Geoffrey Stone of the University of Chicago, join Jeffrey Rosen to discuss the current debates over free speech on campus. They also discuss Whittington’s new book, You Can’t Teach That!: The Battle Over University Classrooms. 

Resources: 

• Keith Whittington, You Can’t Teach That!: The Battle Over University Classrooms (2024)  
• Keith Whittington, Speak Freely: Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech (2019)  
• Keith Whittington, “Civil Disobedience Has Consequences,” The Daily Princetonian (May 10, 2024) 
• Keith Whittington, “What Can Professors Say in Public? Extramural Speech and the First Amendment,” Case Western L. Rev (2023)  
• University of Chicago, Kalven Committee: Report on the University’s Role in Political and Social Action  
• University of Chicago, “Report on the Committee on Freedom of Expression” (2014) 
• “UChicago Says Free Speech Is Sacred. Some Students See Hypocrisy,” NYTimes (May 2024) 

 

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