Last month the # Republican dominated # Texas legislature passed a bill to ban speech and "expressive activity" at state universities at night

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Last month the #Republican dominated #Texas legislature passed a bill to ban speech and "expressive activity" at state universities at night.
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Gov. Greg Abbott signed it into law on June 20.
campussafetymagazine.com/news/

What's covered exactly? “Any speech or expressive conduct” at a state university that takes place between 10pm and 8am.

Isn't that a slam-dunk violation of the #FirstAmendment? The drafters anticipated that and included a final provision saying that the law "should not be construed to infringe the right to freedom of speech protected by the U.S. or Texas Constitutions." So there.

#Academia #FreedomOfSpeech #Texas #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics
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@petersuber @academicchatter i’m not going to go look up a bunch of cases right now, but it’s established law that there are exceptions for reasonable time and place restrictions. This law sounds both unreasonable and also vague. But with today’s courts, you never know…

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