Foreign funding of universities must be ended. The silencing of opposing voices at universities must be ended. Few people realized what destructive forces our universities have become.
“YAF Announces Legal Action Against UCLA for First Amendment Violations,” by Nick Baker, YAF, May 21, 2024:
Young America’s Foundation is taking legal action against the University of California, Los Angeles, following the institution’s blatant violation of students’ First Amendment rights. Last week, UCLA forced the last-minute cancellation of a planned event featuring Robert Spencer, founder of Jihad Watch.
The pro-Israel event, which was organized by the school’s Young Americans for Freedom chapter, would have provided a voice of reason amidst the chaos of the pro-Hamas encampments and protests–but apparently, reason and common sense are not allowed at UCLA.
Despite previously granting the event approval, UCLA abruptly reversed its decision on the day of the event, blocking YAF staff out of the reserved venue and citing arbitrary security concerns. This action followed weeks of inconsistent and obstructive behavior by the university, which included initially refusing the event, offering insufficient time to promote it, and ultimately shutting it down on the day-of.
James Kerwin, senior attorney at Mountain States Legal Foundation, remarked in a letter to the administration, “UCLA’s actions represent a gross violation of the First Amendment. The university’s conduct handed an unconstitutional ‘heckler’s veto’ to anti-Israel activists and engaged in blatant viewpoint discrimination against pro-Israel messages.”
The letter reminds administrators of their legal obligations to preserve evidence, noting that YAF is working to prepare the lawsuit and intends to file very soon.
YAF’s forthcoming lawsuit aims to hold UCLA and its administrators accountable for their actions, seeking injunctive and declaratory relief, as well as damages.
Kerwin added, “We warned UCLA that it would be held to account if it did not respect YAF’s constitutional rights. We are deeply disappointed that UCLA did not heed this warning. YAF is committed to vindicating its rights and ensuring that such violations do not occur in the future.”…
somehistory says
mozlum barracks are ‘forward’ encampments in the war for world subjugation.
The soldiers of the false god and fake prophet meet in these every week to plan further assaults. The soldiers and their ‘leaders, commanders,’ chant their hatred and ill-will in order to get their blood boiling, their hormones pumping for the ‘fight’ they intend to begin again each day.
Because so many rich mozlums have sent their sons and daughters to the universities in the U.S., these too are “forward” encampments. That’s why it was so easy to set up visible encampments with tents, rocks, bottles, and “weapons” for the verbal part of the war…signs, banners, placards, shouting, chanting… on so many campuses.
Forays into the communities….at hospitals, airports, stores, on the streets and highways….followed, with more chanting, shouting, verbal abuse of children, causing fear and terror.
SC says
Giving money to lawyers and judges in a demonpratt state is pointless.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Good. It’s high time that lawfare, which the Left has weaponized, starts getting used by the Right as well. Only when it inflicts heavy financial lacerations on them will they even consider pausing
That “sauce for goose == ketchup for gander” thing
Reziac says
This. So much this. Let it be known that anything they can do, we can do better, and that includes lawfaring them into oblivion.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Right now, they do have deeper pockets, since woke Corporate America is on their sides. W/ pronouns and everything else
Rick Olsha says
AM ISRAEL CHAI !!!
and Goodbye to the BUTCHER OF TEHRAN.
OLD GUY says
Been saying it for years way too much foreign money in our higher education system. That money promotes anti American speech and foreign propaganda on out school campuses.
You need to be careful of who and what is being taught to your children, as they are the future of America.