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Columbia University and the First Amendment

Charles Fain Lehman and Keith Whittington debate whether the Trump administration’s recent moves at Columbia University advance or harm the free speech cause.

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Illustration by Noah Hickey/The Dispatch. (Photos via Getty Images)

Columbia University Has the Free Speech Problem, Not the Trump Administration

By Charles Fain Lehman
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Illustration by Noah Hickey/The Dispatch. (Photos via Getty Images)

Funding With Strings Attached Risks Strangling Academic Freedom

By Keith E. Whittington

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