Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Federal Appeals court rules against open campaigns on college campuses

A federal appeals court has ruled that public colleges and universities have the right to restrict freedom of speech within reason. The ACLU of Maryland had filed suit against the University of Maryland's campaign policy permiting outsiders to speak and distribute fliers on campus if they are sponsored by affiliated groups. The judge stated that a public university is not a public forum for speech the same way that a city park or sidewalk is.
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