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Pro-Palestine Students, Faculty Sue UC Santa Cruz Over ‘Unconstitutional’ Ban (scheerpost.com)

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[–] TheOubliette@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Minors are rarely protected and are given consideration based on which environment they are in and who would be coercing them.

[–] ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ahhh, so adults have federal protection on public campuses, gotcha, I forget that these rights aren’t universal

[–] TheOubliette@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

Pretty much, yes. The US system is fairly ridiculous so a lot is left up to judges and common law - e.g. whether rights can be stripped due to being convicted or a crime or oer a judge's order. But freedom of speech and assembly in college campuses, especially by students, fits squarely in what is normally protected. Hell, outside right wing groups regularly try to hold rallies in a camlus near me. Cops never go after them, let alone judges.