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Department of Justice files statement of interest in UC Berkeley First Amendment case
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a in a lawsuit brought by the Berkeley College Republicans and Young America鈥檚 Foundation alleging that Berkeley鈥檚 High-Profile Speakers and Major Events policies violate their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights.
In its statement of interest, the DOJ argues that the 鈥淧laintiffs鈥 allegations, if proven, demonstrate that the University鈥檚 High-Profile Speaker Policy and Major Events Policy are unconstitutional because they grant administrators unchecked discretion to restrict protected speech.鈥 Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand said in a announcing the filing: 鈥淭his Department of Justice will not stand by idly while public universities violate students鈥 constitutional rights.鈥
The DOJ has been active in campus speech litigation in recent months. Last fall, the DOJ filed a statement of interest in Shaw v. Burke, a lawsuit filed as part of 果冻传媒app官方鈥檚 campaign.
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