Presumably Trump’s EO would put a campus’s receipt of those funds in jeopardy if it was judged to have restricted a party’s free speech. The first irony is that the one thing UC-Berkeley clearly did not do was violate Hayden Williams’ free speech. Will the president’s executive order apply to private colleges who restrict speakers from campus? Campus policies on free speech are again stirring strong emotions, and clearly institutions don’t always get them right (speech codes being one example). However, over the long haul, American colleges have vigorously protected free speech, embracing it as one of their defining values.

Source: Forbes March 05, 2019 12:22 UTC