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Colleges Brace for Tumult in 2018 as White Supremacists Demand a Stage

“Should universities allow controversial speakers to have a platform on campus?” asked Catherine J. Ross, a law professor at George Washington University specializing in constitutional law and the First Amendment. “Generally yes, because the university is uniquely devoted to truth finding, to testing and challenging orthodoxy in every field. There may be some limits — if physical safety is an issue and the risk is real and attributable to the speaker.”