A federal judge just issued a 161-page ruling addressing pro-Palestinian speech.
Judge Young, 85, appointed by Reagan, ruled that students arrested at encampments had every right to say what they said.
"Didn't say anything that crossed any line."
The ruling went further. It confirmed that even non-citizen immigrants have the right to free speech in America. Supporting Palestinians and not supporting Israel doesn't cross a line."
Compare this to what the Supreme Court has protected: advocating the violent overthrow of the government. Burning the American flag. Both ruled as protected speech.
Yet students saying "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" face arrest, masks forced over their faces, their rights trampled.
Judge Young called those who did this "cowardly desperados acting like the Ku Klux Klan," terrorizing free speech rights.
Norman Finkelstein brought attention to this ruling and the hypocrisy it exposes.
The law is clear. The double standard is clear.
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