The American Association of University Professors has at last issued a policy statement that defends the right of campus groups to host controversial speakers to their colleges. The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that this statement arrives a year and a half after a national presidential campaign which was filled with campus-speaker disputes and cancellations.

In contrast, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education condemned such abuses of free expression from the outset.

The AAUP needs leaders who really care about constitutional rights on campuses–and who would take a leaf from FIRE.