Steve Bannon Expected to Speak at UC Berkeley’s ‘Free Speech Week’
While the event’s organizers have announced Bannon will be speaking, university officials say the group has thus far failed to meet event requirements.
While the event’s organizers have announced Bannon will be speaking, university officials say the group has thus far failed to meet event requirements.
In addition to added security, the university will be providing counseling for students and faculty who may be concerned for their safety.
Facing a lawsuit, UC Berkeley officials say they are committed to free speech.
The judiciary hearing focused on campus security considerations during events that spark student protests.
The student had been expelled for two years over social media posts about his ex-girlfriend.
Student code didn’t give campus authority to act in response to off-campus misconduct.
Hayden Barnes won his constitutional rights case after being expelled by Valdosta State University in 2007.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has earned the highest free speech rating possible from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.
Boise State struck a deal with the Alliance Defending Freedom that ends the group’s lawsuit in exchange for the school agreeing to change its campus protest policies.
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education claims U.S. institutions of higher education are violating the First Amendment rights of students whose speech is deemed offensive.