Jewish students face an unprecedented uptick in campus antisemitism, and experts argue that university response has been inadequate to the point that government action is not only permissible, but necessary.
The Washington Examiner interviewed three leading First Amendment lawyers and scholars after a recent poll revealed that Jewish students by and large feel unsafe on campus, coinciding with a 400% rise in antisemitic incidents, according to the Anti-Defamation League. They identified the line between protected speech and unprotected conduct, and how offenders and universities can be held accountable.
“Right now, we’re at a DEFCON 1 when it comes to antisemitism,” First Amendment lawyer and civil litigator Jeffrey Robbins told the Washington Examiner.
Conduct in question: Anti-Israel Demonstrations
From boycott, divest, and sanctions campaigns, to “ceasefire now” protests, the hostile conduct of campus demonstrators has included blocking and occupying school buildings, chanting slogans with genocidal im …