All Americans cherish free speech in principle — not so much in practice, and perhaps particularly not when the subject is Palestine.

The controversy at Fordham University over its refusal to allow students to establish a Students for Justice in Palestine chapter appears to be a case in point.

Some background: In the fall of 2015, students at Fordham's Lincoln Center campus applied to gain club status for Students for Justice in Palestine. The university took an unusually long time to act on an application usually considered pro forma. It not only quizzed those seeking to establish the club about their motives and opinions, it also sought the opinions of Jewish students and faculty as to whether the group should be approved. ...

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