Trump's promised Free Speech Executive Order

[ThisIsMe]

Conservatives have long appreciated that many social problems are complex and fluid — that the success of government initiatives is typically dependent upon local knowledge and local buy-in. Absent these, well-intentioned efforts tend to fail and often cause great harm in the process. As a consequence, conservatives consistently assert that one-size-fits-all and top-down approaches to social problems are unlikely to yield the intended results.


This same logic holds with regard to increasing ideological perspectives in higher education.


One cannot legislate an institutional culture that encourages viewpoint diversity — let alone an environment where diversity is effectively leveraged to improve research or teaching. This must be willingly and willfully enacted by faculty, students and administrators in their day-to-day interactions. Agents must be convinced, not compelled, to learn and grow from diverse perspectives.

Trump’s proposed executive order is counterproductive to this end.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...e9-9361-301ffb5bd5e6_story.html?noredirect=on



Put another way, universities can enforce rules that enhance conservatives’ abilities to speak on campus — but others may grow far less willing to listen. And there is little the White House, or Republican lawmakers, could plausibly do about that.


And of course, Republicans will not retain control of the White House forever. It is highly plausible that Trump’s tactic here would be turned against conservatives in a subsequent Democratic administration.




Consider: Many religious schools receive federal funding. Liberty University, for instance, gets nearly half a billion dollars per year. Yet Liberty University has also faced widespread criticism for its lack of viewpoint diversity and, at times, its outright censorship of those who contradict university president Jerry Falwell Jr.

Liberty university doesnt receive direct federal funding. They receive money from the government in the form of student aid. Money is paid to the university on behalf of the student. Other than that, LU receives no other federal funding.

As with any federal financial aid, the grants and loans are awarded to students, not the university. Liberty does not receive any other federal funds, but its growth has come by attracting Christian students who qualify for aid.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...s-owes-rapid-growth-to-federal-student-loans/

But its growth over the past decade would not have been possible without billions of dollars of support from the federal government and, more specifically, liberal Democrats who pushed through an expansion of federal financial aid.

So, while you are technically correct, LU does receive subsidies from the government, it's not in the form of payments to the university, but in the form of student aid, unlike uc Berkeley, for examples, which appears to get federal funding in the form of student aid, as well as direct payments to the university.

 

[bripat9643]

How is that illegal?

In order to withhold federal funds from either a city or a college, either (a) it must be clearly stipulated at the beginning of the funding, or (b) Congress has to pass a bill cutting off funding. It cannot be done via EO. Post 52 refers.

Says who? The executive branch has to approve each funding grant, so what stops them from simply not approving any grants to universities that don't comply?

It's not quite as simple as you are trying to make it out. The president REQUESTS funding from Congress, then they debate it and pass bills, sending it up to the president to be signed into law. No, Trump can't do it via an EO alone.

Budget Process

How Does the Federal Government Create a Budget?
There are five key steps in the federal budget process:

1. The President submits a budget request to Congress
2. The House and Senate pass budget resolutions
3. House and Senate Appropriations subcommittees "markup" appropriations bills
4. The House and Senate vote on appropriations bills and reconcile differences
5. The President signs each appropriations bill and the budget becomes law

Are you claiming that Congress explicitly approves each and every funding grant?

Wrong.

Congress has to authorize the withholding of funds by the executive branch. They cannot do it on their own.

Wrong, turd. The executive branch awards the grants. They are not required to award them to any particular institution or person.

 

[dblack]

I have read that President Trump is very concerned with the violence on American campuses and he is vowing to issue an Executive Order saying that colleges will have their federal funding withheld if they violate free speech on campus. This looks very promising.

Trump vows executive order requiring 'free speech' at colleges | Reuters

"If universities do not comply “it will be very costly,” he said. The U.S. government awards universities more than $30 billion annually in research funds."

OK... I can't help myself. Are you libs absorbing what's going on here? This is why libertarians don't want to see the government funding everything under the sun, regardless of how "good" it is. It is always available as a tool to bully opposition.