A free speech group has filed a lawsuit against Oklahoma State University (OSU) over policies that it alleges violate Constitutional rights to free speech.
The lawsuit, filed by Speech First, a Washington-based nonprofit organization dedicated to the defense of freedom of expression on campuses, challenges several university policies that it says “deter, suppress, and punish speech about political and social issues of the day.”
“Under these policies, students can be disciplined for ambiguously defined ‘intimidating’ speech, discussing politics in emails, commenting in class, or even, in the words of the University, for showing “a disproportionate weight in favor of or against an idea or thing,’” the group said in a Jan. 10 statement….