Legislation that may pass bipartisan legislation will be introduced to install “antisemitism displays” on specific university campuses. The bill referred to as” College Oversight and Legal Updates Mandating Bias Investigations and Accountability Act– or COLUMBIA Act ” was introduced by Representatives Ritchie Torres ( D- NY ) and Mike Lawler ( R- NY).
The proposed legislation would require the Department of Education to deliver a” third-party hatred check” to schools that receive federal funding and assess” the development that a college or university has made in the fight against racism.”
If universities do n’t agree, money may be revoked.
In a speech, Torres said,” My business and I have spoken with many Jewish students from schools across America who feel deeply uncomfortable, solely because of their religious and cultural identity.”
Anti- Israel rallies have erupted at various U. S. universities, most importantly at Columbia University, where many protesters have already been arrested.
According to Just The News, the school’s president decided to move groups online on Monday to protect Jewish pupils despite the prosecutions, and protests resumed despite the prosecutions. The college president repeatedly resisted setting dates for the removal of the camps, claiming that discussions with the protesters were still going on.
The activists claimed they had reached an stalemate in the conversations on Friday and planned to keep their camp until their demands were satisfied, namely that the school cut all economic relations to Israel, according to The Associated Press.
Rep. Thomas Massie ( R- KY ) is against the legislation, arguing that it is unconstitutional:
On the social media platform X, Massie wrote,” Some of my coworkers are introducing legislation to make officially sanctioned’antisemitism monitors’ at schools.”  ,” I’ll vote No.  , Policing speech, religion, and assembly is not the role of the federal government. In fact it’s expressly prohibited by the U. S. Constitution”.
