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More on SFSU Lawsuit
The federal lawsuit against SFSU hit the news this morning, with articles in the and (subscription required).
One quick but important clarification of those articles: FIREis not representing the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, but rather worked to coordinate the lawsuit that was filed yesterday by the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF). This is the modus operandi of ¹û¶³´«Ã½app¹Ù·½â€™s Speech Codes Litigation Project: FIREcoordinates litigation—filed by cooperating attorneys from ¹û¶³´«Ã½app¹Ù·½â€™s Legal Network—in defense of the First Amendment, in an effort to end the scourge of unconstitutional speech codes on public campuses. In this case, ADF filed the lawsuit and represents the plaintiffs.
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