Liminal
Gold Member
These aren't worthless dead end government employees like you, these are good kids, students with edgy senses of humor. There is no equivalency legally or morally.I was in the government for 33 years. I hired and fired peopleOklahoma University is the government, it is a public university and a state institution, and thus held to the first amendment.You have no concept of freedom of speech. It prohibits the government from taking action against you for what you might sayYes, in fact the First Amendment is all about consequences. In fact, that is the entire point. It protects you from the State abridging your right to free speech, such as in a State institution implementing speech codes and levying punishment upon you for your speech.You have no understanding of the first amendment
It never says there can be no consequences for what you say
Expulsion is one of those consequences
I know this and I am not even an American. Your Bill of Rights is still one of the few things I love about your country and admire them for.
Looks like you need a refresher on your own Constitution
Legally, the University doesn't have a leg to stand on.
FindLaw Cases and CodesPAPISH v. UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI CURATORS, 410 U.S. 667 (1973)
Expulsion of student for distributing on campus a publication assertedly containing "indecent speech" proscribed by a bylaw of a state university's Board of Curators held an impermissible violation of her First Amendment free speech rights since the mere dissemination of ideas on a state university campus cannot be proscribed in the name of "conventions of decency."
Certiorari granted; 464 F.2d 136, reversed.
It does nothing to protect you from the consequences of your actions
So yes, the 1st Amendment absolutely protects you from the consequences of government action against you.
If I had exercised my free speech by screaming I would never hire a n*gger, I would have been fired
There are still consequences for what you say
As far as the rights of students go, as per 1A and case law, they are protected from retribution by the State for their speech.
I hope the little bastards have a long career in the fast food industry.