,,iv  #aag? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,h4 ,,res4 #ggj  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(     
,,repres5tatives  ,novemb] #c1 #bjba,mr4
 ,murphy ( ,nor? ,c>ol9a 7= himself1    
,mrs4 ,cammack1 ,mr4 ,jordan1 ,mr4 ,bo/1
 ,ms4 ,/efanik1 ,mrs4 ,mill]-,meeks1    
,mr4 ,mann1 ,mr4 ,budd1 ,mr4 ,davidson1 
,ms4 ,letl[1 ,mr4 ,bab91 ,mr4 ,norman1  
,mr4 ,/eube1 ,mr4 ,fitzg]ald1 ,mr4      
,cl9e1 ,mr4 ,res*5?al]1 ,mr4 ,web] (    
,texas1 ,ms4 ,t5ney1 ,mr4 ,la,malfa1    
,mr4 ,mc,clintock1 ,mr4 ,moore (        
,alabama1 ,mr4 ,bilirakis1 ,mr4 ,ow5s1  
,mr4 ,bi%op ( ,nor? ,c>ol9a1 & ,mr4 ,c4 
,scott ,frankl9 ( ,florida7 submitt$ !  
foll[+ resolution2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to !    
,committee on ! ,judici>y  ,,resolution 
,express+ support = ! ,fir/ ,am5dm5t to 
! ,con/itution & its bip>tisan impact   
reg>d+ ! protection ( free spee* z well 
z academic fre$oms = all /ud5ts &       
faculty4  ,:]eas ! ,con/itution is ! law
 ( ! l&2 ,:]eas ! ,fir/ ,am5dm5t to !   
,con/itution specifies t ,congress %all 
make no law respect+ an e/abli%m5t (    

religion or prohibit+ ! free ex]cise    
!re(2 or abridg+ ! fre$om ( spee*1 or ( 
! press2 or ! "r ( ! p peaceably to     
assemble1 & to petition ! ,gov]nm5t = a 
r$ress ( grievances2 ,:]eas re/rictions 
on spee* at elem5t>y & second>y s*ools1 
& public in/itutions ( high] education  
am\nt to suppression & /ud5t c5sor%ip1  
:i* is a violation ( ! ,con/itution2    
,:]eas ,supreme ,c\rt ,ju/ice ,rob]t    
,jackson wrote 9 #aidc ab\t ! role (    
s*ools 9 our society1 /at+ t !y ought n 
to /rangle ! free m9d at its s\rce nor  
tea* y\? to disc\nt important pr9ciples 
( our ,gov]nm5t z m]e platitudes2 ,:]eas
 support+ & en=c+ ^! protections is a   
bip>tisan issue t b5efits /ud5ts ( any  
political or p]sonal ideology1 & balanc+
 & protect+ ! rights ( diff]5t p>ties   
help make a campus m conducive to le>n+1
 :i* also promotes ! be/ academic       
exp]i5ce & outcomes = ea* & e /ud5t at  
any le>n+ in/itution2 ,:]eas ! ,am]ican 
,civil ,lib]ties ,union supports ! idea 
t ! "r to free spee* is n j ab\t ! law b

 also a vital compon5t ( civic          
education2 ,:]eas ! ,bip>tisan ,policy  
,c5t] believes a free & op5 society     
dep5ds ^u ! free & op5 ex*anges ( ideas 
& p]spectives2 ,:]eas tea*]s1 college   
adm9i/rators1 & bo>ds ( tru/ees are (t5 
too timid to pu% back aga9/ ! culture ( 
intol]ance on _! campuses1 & high       
p]c5tages ( /ud5ts are afraid to express
 _! views on controv]sial issues2 ,:]eas
 a #bjai ,"y ,am]ican ,f\ndation poll   
f\nd t #df p]c5t ( poll$ /ud5ts /at$ !y 
h /opp$ !mselves f %>+ _! ideas or      
op9ions 9 ! classroom1 :ile half (      
/ud5ts attribut$ _! self-c5sor%ip to be+
 judg$ by _! classmates2 ,:]eas !       
,f\ndation = ,individual ,rights 9      
,education 7,,fire7 reports t j "u a    
?ird ( /ud5ts say t _! college          
adm9i/ration makes x ei!r v or extremely
 cle> t !y w protect free spee* on      
campus2 ,:]eas ,,fire also f\nd1 9 a    
#bjba survey1 t #hc p]c5t ( /ud5ts      
report self-c5sor+ _! viewpo9ts at lea/ 
"s ( ! "t 9 ! classroom & #ba p]c5t     

report c5sor+ _! viewpo9ts (t52 ,:]eas  
free spee* & academic fre$om are bo?    
cle>ly "u attack today by in/itutions1  
creat+ a toxic environm5t = /ud5ts      
across ! entire political spectrum2     
,:]eas ! ,am]ican ,c\ncil ( ,tru/ees &  
,alumni ,presid5t ,mi*ael ,poliak(f /at$
 9 #bjba t high] education is 9 crisis1 
& at "s in/itutions1 ! erosion ( fre$om 
( spee* & ! degradation ( ! curriculum  
puts !m into a moral freefall2 ,:]eas a 
#bjbj ,gallup-,knight ,f\ndation /udy   
reveal$ t #ha p]c5t ( /ud5ts support a  
campus environm5t :]e /ud5ts are expos$ 
to all types ( spee*1 ev5 if !y may f9d 
x (f5sive2 ,:]eas e*o+ ! late           
,congressman ,john ,lewis1 :o /at$ t )\t
 fre$om ( spee* & ! "r to diss5t1       
important evolutions l ! civil rights   
movem5t w\ld h be5 a bird )\t w+s1 & ?is
 fre$om p]ta9s to all issues critical to
 ! future ( our democracy & academics2 &
 ,:]eas ! newly f\nd$ & nonp>tisan      
,alumni ,free ,spee* ,alliance fights to
 protect ! rights ( faculty & /ud5ts    

across ! ideological spectrum f         
suppressive in/itutions3 ,n[1 !re=e1 be 
x ,t ! ,h\se ( ,repres5tatives expresses
 support = ! ,fir/ ,am5dm5t to !        
,con/itution & its bip>tisan impact     
reg>d+ ! protection ( free spee* z well 
z academic fre$oms = all /ud5ts &       
faculty4