After year of campus protests, Supreme Court reaffirms there is no hate speech exception to the First Amendment
by Emily Jashinsky | Jun 19, 2017, 4:02 PM
After a school year rocked by protests on college campuses, the Supreme Court unanimously reaffirmed that there is no so-called "hate speech" exception to the First Amendment on Monday. Though the case in question was not related to campus free speech controversies, the two opinions issued by the justices agreed on a point that's been central to the debate over free speech raging across institutions of higher education.
The Washington Post's Eugene Volokh summarized the case as such:
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/after-year-of-campus-protests-supreme-court-reaffirms-there-is-no-hate-speech-exception-to-the-first-amendment/article/2626419
