University of California at Los Angeles: Controversial Student Event Cancelled
Case Materials
- "Victory for Free Speech at UCLA," FIRE Press Release, March 29, 2007: Under pressure from FIRE, UCLA has reversed a decision that forced a student organization to cancel an immigration debate on campus. UCLA had planned to charge the student group sponsoring the debate up to $15,000 in security costs after other students threatened to protest the debate. FIRE intervened by stating that the First Amendment forbids UCLA from financially penalizing students for sponsoring controversial speech. UCLA was finally convinced, and has promised that it will no longer burden controversial speech with prohibitively large security costs.
- "Letter from UCLA Acting Chancellor Norman Abrams, March 26, 2007," March 26, 2007
- "Letter from UCLA Acting Chancellor Norman Abrams to FIRE, February 26, 2007," February 26, 2007
- "FIRE Letter to UCLA Acting Chacellor Norman Abrams, February 19, 2007," February 19, 2007
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