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Student Press Fights University Speech Claim | Washington Huskies Basketball News
Forty student newspapers and journalism groups are rallying to protect student press freedom, filing a federal appeals court brief to challenge a ruling that labeled two University of Alabama student magazines as university speech — a move that could strip them of First Amendment protections. The case, Pointer v. Phelps, stems from the school shutting down Alice and Nineteen Fifty-Six, publications centered on women’s and Black student voices. Students argue their free speech rights were violated; the university claims the magazines promoted discrimination. A lower court sided with the…
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