Word: southworth
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...student, Scott Southworth, brought a suit against the university because he was being charged a $15 activity fee that, among other things, funded politically liberal organizations such as Amnesty International, the Campus Women's Center and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Campus Center...
...Southworth said he disagreed with a number of these groups' messages...
...Southworth said he first tried to avoid paying the 1995-96 annual student fees of $ 331.50 by writing a letter to the school administration. When he received no response, Southworth sued along with two other students, alleging that their First Amendment rights of free speech, association and religion had been violated...
While we were gone on spring break last week, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case that could have significant ramifications for student life on campuses across the country. the Court will hear the case of Board of Regents v. Southworth, in in which a group of law students at the University of Wisconsin have claimed that their compulsory student activities fees--which finance a wide range of groups, including student political groups of all stripes--violate their free speech rights. Two lower courts ruled in the dissenters' favor, agreeing that they could not be forced to endorse...
...Buckley v. Valeo, the Court ruled the campaign finance limits were constitutionally suspect because donations are a form of speech that under the First Amendment cannot be abridged. If the Court applies the same money-equals-speech logic to the Southworth case, the dissenters will probably win their grievance and be allowed to opt out of supporting particular student groups. They will view their win as not merely a victory for free speech, but also for market forces...