Utah panel OKs bill protecting students' civil liberties

SALT LAKE CITY — A legislative panel signed off on legislation Monday to protect civil liberties on Utah's nine public university campuses and to encourage colleges to defend students' constitutional rights.
"If you're tapped into the news, you know that there's been conflicts on college campuses regarding free speech, and we in Utah have a history of our public institutions having policies that unconstitutionally suppress free speech rights and due process rights," said Rep. Kim Coleman,