Professor Michael Helfand, "Religious Liberty on Royce Quad" -- Jewish Review of Books

Professor Michael A. Helfand's opinion article, "Religious Liberty on Royce Quad," is published in the Jewish Review of Books. The article considers the case filed by three UCLA Jewish students against the university regarding campus protests.

Excerpt from "Religious Liberty on Royce Quad"

Only public universities like UCLA are bound by the Constitution’s First Amendment guarantee of religious liberty, but this case may also hold a lesson for private universities. In recent months, university leaders have repeatedly emphasized at congressional hearings and elsewhere that their seemingly timid responses to campus protesters who have violated university rules and norms were informed by their freely-chosen commitment to the free speech values embodied in the First Amendment. This is admirable. But, as the UCLA plaintiffs remind us, the First Amendment includes more than just a free speech clause. It also includes a free exercise clause that expresses the fundamental importance of protecting the religious liberty of all Americans.

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