If @uconn proceeds to discipline these students based on the content of their speech, the university would violate not only well-established law but a binding court order.
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@UConn A '90 consent decree forbids @UConn from enforcing “any . . . policy that interferes with the exercise of First Amendment rights by . . . any other student, when the exercise of such rights is unaccompanied by violence or the imminent threat of violence.”
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@UConn UConn responded to our recent letter, saying that the university “wholeheartedly shares FIRE’s steadfast defense of free speech principles,” but advised that the criminal charges were “in the hands of the state of Connecticut.”
But what about student disciplinary charges?
But what about student disciplinary charges?
@UConn The @hartfordcourant reports that the students “face disciplinary action from UConn, including expulsion, for potential violations of the university’s code of conduct.”
UConn refused to confirm to FIRE whether the students could face student disciplinary charges.
UConn refused to confirm to FIRE whether the students could face student disciplinary charges.
