The lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court of Northern
California on behalf of two organizations — the national Young America’s
Foundation and the UC Berkeley College Republicans — names UC President Janet
Napolitano and university officials, including the head of the campus police
department, as defendants.
San Francisco attorney Harmeet Dhillon, a Republican
National Committee member who is representing the student groups, said in an
interview that progressive leaders including Sen. Bernie Sanders, former San
Francisco Mayor Willie Brown,* and Rep. Keith Ellison have all spoken up for the
right of the student groups in Berkeley, the "birthplace of the Free
Speech Movement" to schedule Coulter's address…
Note: During the radio interview with the UC prez (see earlier post), she was asked by a caller why - if there is a venue that was safe for the date in May which UC-Berkeley offered as a rescheduled date - it could not be made available on the original invitation date. No clear answer was received. Not asked was whether the governor - who likes to emphasize his role as titular leader of the Board of Regents - should be asked to assist in providing security. If campus and Berkeley City police cannot provide adequate security, shouldn't the state step in?
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*The reference to Willie Brown appears to be:
http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/williesworld/article/Berkeley-betrays-its-free-speech-legacy-11091114.php
*The reference to Willie Brown appears to be:
http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/williesworld/article/Berkeley-betrays-its-free-speech-legacy-11091114.php
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