The University of Michigan’s disciplinary code violates the First Amendment, according to a federal lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan May 8.
The code deters many students from “speaking at all, especially on controversial topics,” Speech First, which filed the complaint, alleges. Speech First is a nonprofit organization that seeks to protect students’ speech rights.
Millions of students across the country are subject to similarly problematic “speech codes,” Nicole Neilly, the group’s president, told Bloomberg Law by telephone May 8.
The Trump Administration has placed an emphasis on campus speech rights. ...