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[–] ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zone -5 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Lemme know how many times students & faculty are mentioned in the constitution lol

[–] TheOubliette@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Universities are public property, UC receives federal funding, and first amendment protections apply legally to both federal and state institutions.

[–] ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zone -3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Smells like bs to me, what’s the deal with all the unreasonable search and seizure I went through as a kid?

If any of that was a case I’d be due a seven figure class action settlement

[–] TheOubliette@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Minors are rarely protected and are given consideration based on which environment they are in and who would be coercing them.

[–] ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ahhh, so adults have federal protection on public campuses, gotcha, I forget that these rights aren’t universal

[–] TheOubliette@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

Pretty much, yes. The US system is fairly ridiculous so a lot is left up to judges and common law - e.g. whether rights can be stripped due to being convicted or a crime or oer a judge's order. But freedom of speech and assembly in college campuses, especially by students, fits squarely in what is normally protected. Hell, outside right wing groups regularly try to hold rallies in a camlus near me. Cops never go after them, let alone judges.

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