The American Civil Liberties Union has urged the U.S. Senate not to pass a bill about tackling antisemitism on college campuses, arguing the bipartisan legislation could chill First Amendment rights.
“Instead of addressing antisemitism on campus, this misguided legislation would punish protected political speech,” Jenna Leventoff, senior policy counsel at the ACLU, said in a statement. “At a time when civil rights enforcement on campus could not be more critical, this bill risks politicizing these vital protections by censoring legitimate political speech that criticizes the Israeli government.”
