(Nick Otto for The Washington Post)Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos warned Monday of a rising threat to free speech on college campuses, citing violent protests leading to the cancellation of controversial speakers. Both said the crisis transcends free speech and said the notion of objective truth is under attack, with ideology taking precedence over facts. In some cases, universities have canceled or rescheduled events because of violent protests. Sessions has made campus free speech a cornerstone of the Justice Department’s work, intervening in lawsuits on behalf of students who allege schools violated their constitutional rights. It also filed briefs on behalf of students who were fighting their colleges’s “free-speech zones,” saying they limit free speech.

Source: Washington Post September 17, 2018 22:49 UTC