Author: David Keating

David Keating is the President of the Institute for Free Speech

Cornell’s Ban on Campaigning Undermines Free Speech

Cornell University’s rules for trustee elections include a startling provision: candidates are prohibited from campaigning. This isn’t a narrow restriction on certain campaign activities. It’s a comprehensive ban on virtually all communication about one’s candidacy. These restrictions seem particularly out of place at an institution that declared 2023-24 its “Year of Free Expression.” The disconnect between […]

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