From Florida's Voice: Barry University School of Law has reversed its earlier denial and will allow students to form a chapter of Turning Point USA, complying with demands from Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier that the private Catholic institution had engaged in viewpoint discrimination. The law school notified students of the decision Wednesday, ending a months-long dispute that began when administrators rejected a student request for official recognition of the conservative group in November. School officials had cited Turning Point USA’s emphasis on political advocacy and “ideological confrontation” as inconsistent with the university’s educational philosophy of reflective dialogue, intellectual humility and respect for human dignity, rooted in its Catholic and Adrian Dominican heritage.
Uthmeier sent a sharply worded letter to Dean Leticia M. Diaz on April 9, accusing the law school of “blatant viewpoint discrimination” that could violate its own student handbook guarantees of free expression and association, as well as Florida consumer protection laws. He noted that the school had approved other student organizations, including OUTLaw, a group focused on legal issues facing the LGBTQ+ community. Uthmeier welcomed the reversal in a statement Wednesday on X. “Great to see Barry Law School come around and provide its students with an opportunity to engage with and exchange diverse ideas,” he said...
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