Attorney General Jeff Sessions is hellbent on defending the freedom of speech ― sometimes. Sessions, who heads the Justice Department that is prosecuting a woman for laughing at him during a congressional hearing, slammed “ridiculous” college students Wednesday for “suffocating” free speech on their campuses. “We have drifted way too far in controlling speech,” Sessions said Wednesday on “Fox & Friends.” “The Department of Justice has a duty to defend people’s civil rights.”Moments later, he ripped into NFL players who peacefully protest during the national anthem, appearing to suggest they have a right to free speech but not when that song is being played.

Source: Huffington Post September 27, 2017 13:41 UTC