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Burgess Owens: “Public universities should uphold the First Amendment and…”

Featuring: Burgess Owens, Republican | U.S. House Utah, District 4

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Burgess Owens Sound The Alarm On 'Trend Towards Intolerance' In Higher Education

Published | Video Starts at 01:34

Sadly, in my state of Utah we saw this with Charlie Kirk's murder. College students have a clear rights have clear rights on campuses. Public universities should uphold the First Amendment and private universities should abide by their own stated free speech policies. In addition, public universities must protect students other First Amendments Amendment freedoms, including freedom of assembly, assembly, the freedom from religious persecution. Yet these protections are not always upheld. (01:34–01:42)

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Asserts the responsibility of universities to uphold free speech rights.

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