Trump to Issue Order Tying Federal Grants to Free Speech on Campus
Posted on AllSides March 21st, 2019
From The Center
Moves follows complaints that conservative speakers are stifled.
President Trump is expected to issue an executive order Thursday directing federal agencies to tie research and education grants made to colleges and universities to more aggressive enforcement of the First Amendment, according to a draft of the order viewed by The Wall Street Journal.
The order instructs agencies including the Departments of Education, Health and Human Services and Defense to ensure that public educational institutions comply with the First Amendment, and that private institutions live up to their...
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