From MSN: A free speech organization accused UCLA School of Law of “double standards” [last] Wednesday after an assistant dean told Federalist Society students that they could be punished for publicly identifying protesters who disrupted their event earlier this month. [Last] Thursday, a UCLA Law spokesperson told The College Fix that the university apologized to the students.
“UCLA does not discipline students for speech that is protected under the First Amendment,” the unnamed spokesperson said in an emailed statement. “The initial communication was not intended to suggest otherwise, and we have apologized for any lack of clarity. UCLA School of Law also encourages students to engage one another with respect and care.”
The situation has to do with a group of protesters who were caught on video earlier this month hurling insults and making disruptive noises during a Federalist Society event with U.S. Department of Homeland Security General Counsel James Percival. In an email... Bayrex MartÃ, assistant dean for student affairs, told leaders of the UCLA Federalist Society chapter that they could be punished if they name the protesters in the video, according to FIRE.
“First of all, identifying the names of people who attend a public event is 100% protected speech. You don’t have a right to anonymity in public,” FIRE Executive Vice President Nico Perrino wrote Wednesday on X. “Second, enough with these double standards. Threatening only one side with punishment for engaging in the same (protected) expression as the other side is viewpoint discrimination,” Perrino wrote...
Full story at https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/free-speech-group-slams-ucla-for-double-standards-after-hecklers-disrupt-event/ar-AA227Ab5.
No comments:
Post a Comment