NEWS: Sanders Releases New Report Delineating Trump’s War on Free Speech on College Campuses

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), today released a new report revealing that President Donald Trump has violated or likely violated the First Amendment in 17 cases related to college campuses, according to federal courts.
“The Trump administration is moving this country very aggressively into an authoritarian society. Trump’s attempts to control what colleges can say is a direct attack on the First Amendment and the U.S. Constitution,”Sanders said.“That is not just Bernie Sanders talking. Courts across the country have warned about the Trump administration’s rising authoritarianism.”
Among the 17 cases the report examined:
The report,Trump’s War on Free Speech, also finds:
Sanders called on colleges and universities to stand up for the First Amendment.
“Colleges and universities must not relinquish their constitutional rights to Trump’s authoritarianism,”Sanders continued.“In America, the president should not get to decide what professors can teach, what research is conducted or who universities can enroll.”
Read the full reporthere.