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Ted Cruz: “The First Amendment says Congress shall make no law…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 07:49

The first amendment lets you say it, but there's no obligation if you say things that are horrible and hateful, a university doesn't have to allow you to remain there. The First Amendment says Congress shall make no law abridging in relevant part the freedom of speech. That's a restriction on the government. A university is not the government. And so, of course, if a student began speaking as a Klansman and arguing for killing fellow students, you would expel that student likewise. (07:49–07:59)

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Asserts that the First Amendment restricts Congress from abridging freedom of speech.

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