In light of President Donald Trump’s executive order on free speech, Erwin Chermerinsky, dean of Berkeley Law, and Howard Gillman, Chancellor of the University of California, Irvine, penned an op-ed in which they state that the executive order does not help protect free speech on college campuses and that it is even "unconstitutional."
“[T]he order is so vague and ambiguous, it makes compliance by colleges and universities extremely difficult -- and it is almost certainly unconstitutional,” Chermerinsky and Gillmanwrote for the Los Angeles Times.
"There is no crisis concerning free speech on campuses in the United States," Chermerinsky and Gillman add.
"Every day on virtually every campus, speeches are given without incident, including some by very controversial speakers. Walk across either of our campuses on just about any day of the week, and the cacophony of diverse speakers is readily apparent."
Despite such claims, however, Hayden Williams, an employee of Campus Reform's parent organization, the Leadership Institute, was punched in the face in February while helping conservative student groups recruit new members.
Williams' assault by a former employee of the college reminded many of the 2017 riots that broke out at Berkeley over conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos' scheduled appearance, a "March for Trump" rally, and subsequent altercations.
Funny, not a word about the sedition of the DOJ, FBI and CIA conspiracy against Trump. Guess our law school deans favor selective prosecution for purely political motives.
Thesis Berkeley, 1960s - FREE SPEECH! Administrators must not squash Open Discussion of Ideas! The Constitution says so! Antithesis Berkeley, 2000s - Ban Free Speech! Administrators must squash Open Discussion of "Problematic" Ideas! The Constitution says so!
Synthesis: They meant Communist Ideas the whole time.
“[T]he order is so vague and ambiguous, it makes compliance by colleges and universities extremely difficult -- and it is almost certainly unconstitutional,” Chermerinsky and
Gillmanwrote for the Los Angeles Times.
"There is no crisis concerning free speech on campuses in the United States," Chermerinsky and Gillman add.
"Every day on virtually every campus, speeches are given without incident, including some by very controversial speakers. Walk across either of our campuses on just about
any day of the week, and the cacophony of diverse speakers is readily apparent."
Despite such claims, however, Hayden Williams, an employee of Campus Reform's parent organization, the Leadership Institute, was punched in the face in February while helping conservative student groups recruit new members.
Williams' assault by a former employee of the college reminded many of the 2017 riots that broke out at Berkeley over conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos' scheduled appearance, a "March for Trump" rally, and subsequent altercations.
ZEROHEDGE ARTICLE: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-04-04/cal-berkeley-law-school-dean-trumps-free-speech-executive-order-unconstitutional