How Student Protesters Killed Free Speech at Yale Law School

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🗓️ 23 March 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Free speech is under fire at America's universities. It's an open secret that liberals dominate academia and wield their power with impunity on college campuses.

But recently, radical leftists have become more brazen with their attempts speech and organizations they don't like.

During a recent bipartisan free speech event at Yale Law School, a mob of student protesters shouted down Kristen Waggoner, general counsel of Alliance Defending Freedom.

Protesters were "shouting down the speakers, shouting down some of their fellow students who had conservative views, and then they left and started pounding on the walls outside of the exits at the building, eventually creating what felt like an unsafe environment and the police were called," says Waggoner.

Waggoner joins "The Daily Signal Podcast" to discuss what happened at that Yale event, and how free speech is in decline at America’s universities.

We also cover these stories:

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson takes hour of questions from senators on topics ranging from abortion to child pornography.
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb, a Republican, vetoes a bill that would have prevented biological males from competing in women’s sports.
A federal judge temporarily blocks enforcement of a D.C. law allowing children to be vaccinated without parental consent.

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Wednesday, March 23rd.
0:19.8	I'm Virginia Allen.
0:20.8	And I'm Doug Blair.
0:22.2	What you just heard is audio from an event at Yale Law School.
0:26.0	Kristen Wagner, General Counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, was set to discuss a recent
0:30.0	Supreme Court case involving free speech on campus.
0:33.7	That event was interrupted and eventually taken over by student protesters who chanted
0:38.4	and screamed until the speakers had to flee.
0:41.4	Wagner joins the show to discuss what happened to that event and how free speech is in decline
0:46.1	at America's universities.
0:47.6	But before we get to that conversation, let's hit our top news stories of the day.
0:56.0	Judge Katanji Brown Jackson spent hours taking questions from senators on Tuesday.
1:08.8	Yesterday marked the second day of Jackson's hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
1:14.2	Senators questioned Jackson on her judicial philosophy, past rulings, and how she might
1:19.8	rule on future Supreme Court cases, including on the issue of abortion.
1:24.9	California Democrat Senator Diane Feinstein specifically asked Jackson if she believes
1:31.2	Roe v Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey are the settled law of the Supreme Court via PBS news.
1:38.7	Roe and Casey are the settled law of the Supreme Court concerning the right to terminate
1:48.8	woman's pregnancy.
1:51.4	The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in December for a case that could overturn Roe v Wade
1:57.2	called DOBS the Jackson Women's Health Organization.
2:00.8	Even if Jackson is confirmed to the Supreme Court, she would not participate in the DOBS
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