The U.S. Department of Justice filed a “statement of interest” Thursday supporting a free-speech lawsuit by conservative students against the University of California. It’s the third such legal filing the Trump administration has made in First Amendment cases since September, …
The Trump administration is wading into the ongoing legal battle between UC Berkeley and conservative students who say the school is stepping on their right to free speech. On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a statement of interest …
In a “statement of interest” filed in federal court Thursday, the Department of Justice advised a judge to deny UC Berkeley’s motion to throw out a lawsuit from the Berkeley College Republicans (BCR) and Young America’s Foundation (YAF). The lawsuit, …
The Unites States filed a statement of interest in our First Amendment lawsuit against UC Berkeley, arguing that strict scrutiny applies, and that UC Berkeley’s policies invite viewpoint discrimination by affording the university officials unbridled discretion. Please click here to view …
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The Trump administration is jumping into the fracas over free speech at UC Berkeley. The Justice Department on Thursday filed a statement of interest supporting two conservative groups who sued the school last year. The groups alleged that administrators and …
Justice Department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores said Thursday on CNN that the department was getting involved in the case because officials want “to protect against universities — the government really, if you’re a public university — deciding which speech is …
