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Campus Free Speech Protection Act Gets Passed In Tennessee

While freedom of speech is listed in the Constitution, there are often restrictions on it when it comes to schools and places of business. That will no longer be the case for college students in Tennessee. Voters recently passed a bill called the Campus Free Speech Protection Act, that provides some of the country’s strongest protections for student and faculty speech on public college campuses. The law states that colleges in Tennessee cannot “stifle freedom of speech and expression” by issuing speech codes, establishing free speech zones or disinviting speakers based on opposition by others to the content of their speech.