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UC Berkeley law dean argues for increased resistance to Trump’s attacks on free speech

In a relatively candid moment, University of California Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky stood in an event hall at San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art on Thursday and issued a warning to an attentive audience. “I’ve never been so afraid or imagined being so afraid for the future of our democracy, including the […] The post UC Berkeley law dean argues for increased resistance to Trump’s attacks on free speech appeared first on Local News Matters .

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According to Local News Matters’s source item, UC Berkeley law dean argues for increased resistance to Trump’s attacks on free speech, In a relatively candid moment, University of California Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky stood in an event hall at San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art on Thursday and issued a warning to an attentive audience. “I’ve never been so afraid or imagined being so afraid for the future of our democracy, including the […] The post UC Berkeley law dean argues for increased resistance to Trump’s attacks on free speech appeared first on Local News Matters .

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