On April 1, 2022, Speech First, a national membership group of students, alumni, and others that defends free speech on campus, filed its reply brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in its challenge to Virginia Tech’s speech policies. Speech First argued that its challenge to the university’s Bias Intervention and Response Team will likely succeed and that the informational-activities policy is an unconstitutional prior restraint and speaker-based rule.
Read the full brief below: