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"I am President of an academic public policy association, and am generally skeptical of making public statements. But we should have a right to do so for two reasons:
1) we have real expertise on matters of public relevance. For example, I agreed this week to support a statement on government data."

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  "An example: I run an academic public policy association, and was recently asked to sign a statement that expressed concern about funding needs for the Current Population Survey. As an association of policy researchers, we can make a credible case about how vital the survey is for those doing high quality analyses about whether government spending is achieving its goals. You could also imagine our association might want to comment on, say, political interference on scientific data being produced by federal agencies. I’d prefer the right to make the decisions about what is, or is not, appropriate for my members to comment on, rather than have AEI, or elected officials who might be engaging in the actions we are raising objections to, to decide for me.
  
  Ask yourself, how well is the public served if academic associations feel like they will be punished for weighing in on such issues? One source of knowledge and expertise will be removed from the public square. Of course, we could still ma"

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