In the aftermath of the Hamas-led attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023, American college campuses were engulfed by protests and widespread accounts of antisemitism. The need to protect free expression while banning discrimination—and the failure of some universities to strike this balance effectively—quickly became front-page news and attracted the attention of Congress. A bright spotlight shone on the issue on December 5, when the presidents of three top universities appeared before the House Committee on Education and Workforce responding with lawyerly hedges to questions from Representative Elise Stefanik. In 2014, as the youngest woman elected to Congress at the...