University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire: Unconstitutional Student Fee Funding Amendment

Case Materials

Media Coverage

  • "The ‘No Viewpoint’ Viewpoint," Greg Lukianoff, Inside Higher Education, June 6, 2005: Administrators at the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire are confused about the nature of their obligations to the U.S. Constitution. While the student government misconstrues constitutional rules on viewpoint discrimination to prohibit funding to every group that has a political or religious viewpoint, administrators defer action on the excuse that the policy is “not yet in effect”—even though the student government has already applied it.
  • "Service-Learning proposal approved," Brian Reisinger, The Spectator (UWEC), May 12, 2005: University Senate Tuesday approved the new Service-Learning proposal as amended at its previous meeting, finalizing its decision to retain the ban on projects involving religious proselytization, while eliminating restrictions on partisan political activity.
  • "Squelching of Campus Viewpoints Violates 1st Amendment, Group Says," Jim Brown, Agape Press, May 10, 2005: A civil-liberties group says the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire is censoring the political and religious expression of students. That action, says the group, defies the First Amendment.
  • "Group targets student funding policy," Sundeep Malladi, The Badger Herald (UW-Madison), May 3, 2005: In a controversial move, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Student Senate members passed legislation concerning student-funded activities that have come under fire from the Philadelphia-based Foundation for Individual Rights in Education.
  • "Political project restrictions denied," Brian Reisinger, The Spectator (UWEC), April 28, 2005: The University Senate narrowly voted to amend guidelines proposed by the Service-Learning Ad-Hoc Committee Tuesday, rejecting limitations on political activities that would ban projects partisan in nature.