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Commentary: The trouble with Congress or college presidents policing free speech on campuses

Liz Magill, president of University of Pennsylvania, testifies before the House Education and Workforce Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Washington, D.C. The Committee held a hearing to investigate antisemitism on college campuses.

Last Tuesday, the presidents of Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology testified at a congressional hearing on “Holding Campus Leaders Accountable and Confronting Antisemitism.”

At the hearing, Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill: “Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate Penn’s rules or code of conduct, yes or no?” Stefanik was referring, among other things, to phrases such as “There’s only one solution: Intifada revolution,” which suggest mass violence against Jews

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