Excerpt: Faculty at the CUNY School of Law are calling on the university’s administration to retract a statement characterizing a student’s graduation address as “hate speech,” following criticism of her speech as antisemitic.
Professors are rallying behind recent CUNY law graduate Fatima Mousa Mohammed, whose May 12 remarks in support of the Palestinian cause amid her criticism of “Israeli settler colonialism” has drawn fierce condemnation from Republicans and some Democrats. But faculty say Mohammed’s remarks, despite their controversy, are protected under the First Amendment.
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