Stadthagen: GOP candidates will find the University of Alabama a beacon of free speech

On December 6, the eyes of the Republican Party, the national news media, and voters across the country will tune in to see prospective GOP presidential nominees take the stage at the University of Alabama’s Moody Music Hall. With the first primaries of the 2024 election season quickly approaching, the debate at the Capstone promises to be historically significant, but it also represents something that goes to the core of our nation’s foundational principles – the free and open exchange of ideas. Decades ago, college campuses were known as places where ideas spanning the entirety of the politi