On August 16, 2019, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) 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. FIRE argued that the district court wrongly dismissed the case by giving too much weight to university officials’ assurances that they respect students’ rights, despite the clear overbreadth and vagueness of UT’s policies.
Read the full brief below:
