Nicole Neily, president of Speech First, discusses Speech First’s victory for students and campus free speech that is part of a settlement reached in its case against the University of Michigan.
hanks to Speech First’s lawsuit and subsequent settlement agreement filed on Monday, the University of Michigan agreed to the following terms set by Speech First:
1) The school has revised its previously unconstitutional definitions of “harassment” and “bullying,” and will never return to the previous definitions in the future.
2) The school has abolished its Bias Response Team, replacing it with a Campus Climate Support program that – in its current guise – does not punish students.
3) If the Campus Climate Support program is used to chill student speech in the future, Speech First has reserved its right to sue the school again.
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