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'Arizona State Law Journal' Blog Features Piece by FIRE Jackson Fellow
The blog of the highly regarded Arizona State Law Journal features a post by FIRE's Justice Robert H. Jackson Legal Fellow Erica Goldberg. The piece discusses Arizona State University's recent alteration of its advertising policy applicable to student organizations, which allowed Arizona State to proudly become a green-light institution. Using the transformation of Arizona State's advertising policy from mandatory to aspirational as an example, Erica's post also discusses why converting unconstitutional speech prohibitions into aspirational speech policies makes so much constitutional difference. Check it out!
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