12.01.2003
Lawsuits Against Campus Speech Codes Catching FIRE
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) is doing a little bit of memetic engineering, according to Critical Mass' Erin O'Connor.
"In the past year, FIRE coordinated a series of lawsuits against public colleges and universities that use speech codes to deny students the First Amendment rights to which they are entitled by law," she writes. "The idea seems to be catching on: following the example of students at Citrus College, Shippensburg University, and Texas Tech, a student at Southwest Missouri State University is suing the school for placing unconstitutional restrictions on campus speech..."
"In the past year, FIRE coordinated a series of lawsuits against public colleges and universities that use speech codes to deny students the First Amendment rights to which they are entitled by law," she writes. "The idea seems to be catching on: following the example of students at Citrus College, Shippensburg University, and Texas Tech, a student at Southwest Missouri State University is suing the school for placing unconstitutional restrictions on campus speech..."
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