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April 1, 1980 <br />Page '/~O <br /> <br />your request that individuals who exercise such freede~s "be eliminated <br />from our University." As a Professor of Constitutional History and Law, <br />I Know quite well that our nation's founding fathers considered freedom <br />of speech and expression to be among this nation's most cherished principles. <br />Hinneso'ta's fotmdJmg fathers were no less ad~ant in their defense of these <br />freed~.ms. To %eAY~Lnahe, or even to threaten, any individual who chooses to <br />exercise such rights would not only be unoonstitutional but it would also run <br />contra~!z to t~e "basic principle of freedem" you, I, and millions of Americans <br />and Mtnnesot~ns c~n~sider to be absolutely fundamental. <br /> <br />I hope that I have responded to the concerns you raised even if there <br />mighe still be so~e differences of agreeuent. Such differences, I trust <br />you will concur, are permitted under our deeocratic form of government. <br />For 'Lhat, we can all be thankful. <br /> <br />Cordially, <br /> <br />C. Peter M~grath <br />Presider <br /> <br />CPM :kb <br /> <br /> <br />