If the government defunds you because they don’t like the research you’re publishing, is that not a freedom of speech issue? Definitely seems like it would have a chilling effect on what the institute would want to talk about, no?
No. There is no “you” in this context. There is ”itself”. They don’t want to pay for it because they apparently don’t agree with the outcome. The government is willingly giving up its own right to speak at its own expense. Those 800 people who will get laid off can start a gofundme and continue their own free speech.
