Giving Compass' Take:

· University of Michigan is under attack by the US Department of Justice after a group called Speech First filed a suit regarding the school's free speech code. According to Governing Magazine, the DoJ believes that public universities and colleges haven't protected the rights of their students to speak freely on campus.

· How are schools limiting the speech of students? Is this an unspoken policy or something that has been enforced in the code of conduct? 

· Read more about free speech and the importance of student activists at college campuses.

The U.S. Department of Justice went on an attack against the University of Michigan's free speech code recently, saying universities and colleges haven't done a good job of creating true freedom of speech on their campuses.

"In recent years, many institutions of higher education have failed to uphold these freedoms, and free speech has come under attack on campuses across the country," the Justice Department said in a statement of interest filed in federal court. The statement was filed in a suit brought by a group looking to bring down U-M's speech code.

"Freedom of speech and expression on the American campus are under attack," Acting Associate Attorney General Jesse Panuccio said in a statement. "This Justice Department, under the leadership of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, is committed to promoting and defending Americans' first freedom at public universities."

The statement came in a suit filed in May by a group called Speech First.

Read the full article about free speech at public colleges by David Jesse at Governing Magazine.