SFSU settles free-speech suit with College Republicans, FIRE
SAN FRANCISCO — On Monday, March 3, San Francisco State University settled a lawsuit challenging its speech codes by agreeing to modify several unconstitutional policies to make them consistent with the First Amendment. The settlement also requires SFSU to pay damages to members of the university's College Republicans as well as to pay the College Republicans' attorney fees.
The lawsuit—part of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education's Speech Codes Litigation Project—was filed in July 2007 by attorneys from the Alliance Defense Fund.
To read more, go to FIRE's Website.
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