Legal Scholarship
The Misapplication of Peer Harassment Law on College and University Campuses and the Loss of Student Speech Rights Azhar Majeed* Introduction A significant problem has presented itself on campuses across the nation: some colleges and universities have misapplied hostile environment sexual and racial harassment law to suppress and punish much constitutionally protected speech. Despite clear... Read more Read more
I. INTRODUCTION 28 II. LEGAL DOCTRINE GOVERNING THE UNIVERSITY’S REGULATION OF STUDENT SPEECH 33 A. Current Threats to Free Speech on the University Campus 33 B. The Court’s Deference to Primary and Secondary Schools’ Regulation of Student Speech 35 C. The Court’s Ambiguous Application of Secondary Standards to Universities 40 D. The Federal Circuit Split... Read more Read more
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