or face censorship and surprise surprise it turns out that this is kind of a personal issue for dean murray two years ago during an election year anonymous posts appeared online accusing murray of domestic violence against his ex-wife and it's pretty clear that those accusations weren't true and it's terrible murray's ex even offered to vouch for him but hello am i the only one that sort of the constitution around here anonymous speech is a crucial component of free speech people who shed light on wrongdoing are usually afraid of retaliation and with good cause but if the internet protection act passes do gooder new yorkers could even be silenced or made vulnerable so it seems like those fear mongering about the dangerous anonymous internet have forgotten about the bill of rights and as if these new york lawmakers just completely brushed it off and we never really reach an era where the first amendment doesn't apply to certain outlets and unfortunately it's a pretty mainstream view amongst a number of politicians out there remember good old rick santorum thank god he didn't win the g.o.p. p

minus edward mike murray, dean of the georgetown public policy institute. [applause] thanks, mom. i appreciate the applause. what a great day to be here at georgetown. today we get the opportunity to honor our graduates, recognize the special accomplishments on the parts of ours demands, our alumni and our faculty and to hear from one of the leading voices in health policy in our country, health and human services secretary, kathleen sebelius. [cheers and applause] this day is one that our graduates and their parents, spouses, partners and famous have worked hard to get to and i want to congratulate all of you for your accomplishments. please, let's give them a round of applause. [cheers and [applause] today's commencement marks the end of your education here at georgetown. our distinguished faculty and lectured you, tutored you come and mentored you, some might say hector dio, that you're the thing here with cutting-edge tools, a deep appreciation for complexity and importance of policy analysis and ability to not only understand our world, but to make it better. please join me i