{"id":1047,"date":"2025-12-04T19:00:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T19:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/?page_id=1047"},"modified":"2025-12-04T19:56:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T19:56:43","slug":"campus-free-speech","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-211constitution\/syllabus\/campus-free-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Campus Free Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"

First Amendment (1791)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.<\/p>\n

“Restricting speech is like trying to waltz with a wolf. Every hate-speech code that has been challenged in court has been found unconstitutional. Some have been lifted, others disavowed. Nevertheless, a generation has come of age knowing nothing but the wolf. A new Brookings Institution study found that one out of two students believes that colleges should prohibit \u201ccertain speech or expression of viewpoints that are offensive or biased against certain groups of people.\u201d —Jill Lepore<\/a> (2017)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n