The article I read was about a foundation that tries to give college
students the rights they deserve. They were going after Indiana University for
its restrictions on freedom of expression for their students. The school claims
its doing the right thing. They believe the restrictions they made prevents
disruptions at the university, but is it legal? The constitution limits our rights
when they have the possibility of harming the majority; while rallies can be
disruptive at times, it doesn’t mean they have a right to be banned even if
they were peaceful. The constitution
does not give any school the right to set up free speech zones, as the only
place where major topics that are debatable maybe discussed freely and rallied
for. To add insult to injury, to even express your opinions in these zones, you
have to send in an application 5 days in advance of going there and your
thoughts must be approved. Freedom of expression shouldn't have to be approved
and you shouldn’t have to wait 5 days to say what’s on your mind right now. Is giving
up a bit of their rights beneficial in the long run or will loosening their
control over freedom of expression cause the chaos the university envisions?
Oh god fox news... lol
ReplyDeleteThat's horrible, schools and instituitons period are getting a little out of hand. I mean if I were a student there I would dare them to arrest me or take some kind of action because I spoke outside of a "free speech zone". So if the school didn't know there is a little something called the 1st amendment, and I as an american born citizen, will express this right to its fullest extent.