Could a new Republican bill save campus free speech?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Public universities, legally subject to the First Amendment, get away with unconstitutional practices when authorities fail to respect and enforce the law.
47% : This would help level the lawfare playing field, signal the importance of the First Amendment in the academic setting and recognize the reality that institutions of higher learning no longer deserve the benefit of the doubt on speech issues.
44% : First, it authorizes the Department of Education to condition Title IV federal funding on First Amendment compliance at public schools.
44% : Second, the bill creates a new position in the Department of Education to oversee the status of free speech on campus and to enforce the First Amendment, independent of time-consuming and expensive litigation.

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