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Lawyer talks First Amendment
Jessi Stafford
Issue date: 5/2/07 Section: News
That may have been the case for a University of Colorado student who is also a former CSU student Max Karson was arrested after investigators learned that his classmates felt threatened to be in class with him after he made comments about the Virginia Tech shooting.
"We want to know more of the facts," Lukianoff said. "Because when it comes to threats, threats can be contentious."
Regardless of whether or not Karson posed any real threat or not, the importance of free speech on university campuses is pertinent in a time when 68.5 percent of the colleges FIRE researched had policies that were "laughably unconstitutional."
"If there's anywhere that should allow more free speech, it's the universities and colleges," Lukianoff said.
In fact, CSU and any university campus are the places where people should test the waters of the First Amendment, Lukianoff said.
"Sometimes free speech is not just a right, it's a duty," Lukianoff said.
Staff writer Jessi Stafford can be reached at news@collegian.com
"We want to know more of the facts," Lukianoff said. "Because when it comes to threats, threats can be contentious."
Regardless of whether or not Karson posed any real threat or not, the importance of free speech on university campuses is pertinent in a time when 68.5 percent of the colleges FIRE researched had policies that were "laughably unconstitutional."
"If there's anywhere that should allow more free speech, it's the universities and colleges," Lukianoff said.
In fact, CSU and any university campus are the places where people should test the waters of the First Amendment, Lukianoff said.
"Sometimes free speech is not just a right, it's a duty," Lukianoff said.
Staff writer Jessi Stafford can be reached at news@collegian.com
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