Does institutional neutrality require universities to stay silent in the face of injustice? @SteamboatInstitute

Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

In this clip from our recent Campus Liberty Tour debate at the University of Wyoming, Jonathan Turley, Professor at George Washington University Law School, and Todd Wolfson, Professor at Rutgers University and President of the American Association of University Professors, respond to the criticism that staying silent in the face of injustice makes an institution complicit in that injustice.

Watch the full debate here: youtube.com/watch?v=jpo-763VA40

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