Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. warned on Saturday that freedom of speech was under threat at universities and that freedom of religion was in peril in society at large.
“Troubled waters are slamming against some of our most fundamental principles,” he said.
He made his remarks at a commencement ceremony at the Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio, a Catholic institution.
“Support for freedom of speech is declining dangerously, especially where it should find deepest acceptance,” he said.
A university, he said, should be “a place for reasoned debate.” But he added that “today, very few colleges live up to that ideal.”
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Samuel A, Alito Jr, ”
Organizations:
Franciscan University of Steubenville
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Ohio