Using visa revocations and similar actions to stifle foreign scholars’ political speech is a violation of the First Amendment, according to an amicus brief filed by the American Historical Association (AHA), in collaboration with Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW).
The brief is in support of Harvard University’s lawsuit against the federal government over the university’s ability to host foreign scholars and students. Seventeen other scholarly humanities organizations joined the AHA on the brief, which was filed with the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. [Read more…] about American Historical Association Files Brief in Support of Foreign Scholars