Unfortunately, conflicting book events made it impossible to travel to Stanford today, so the seminar will be done virtually. However, I look forward to discussing the history and meaning of free speech with the faculty members.
Obviously, Stanford has been at the center of the free speech debate, including the disgraceful incident involving Judge Stuart Duncan. I have been one of the more vocal critics of the university over the lack of intellectual diversity as well as faculty who continue to defend such deplatforming campaigns.
However, it is often easy to overlook the many faculty members who support free speech at school and classical liberal values.
Jonathan Turley is the Shapiro professor of public interest law at George Washington University and the author of “The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage.”