Speech First v. Fenves et al.; Amicus Brief of Pacific Legal Foundation

On August 16, 2019, Pacific Legal Foundation filed an amicus (“friend of the court”) brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit supporting Speech First’s appeal in its challenge to the University of Texas at Austin (UT)’s speech policies. The foundation argued that the First Amendment’s protections are especially important at public universities, which may not cast “a pall of orthodoxy over the classroom.”

Read the full brief below:


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