"I filed a formal complaint with the administration about this, because not only is this a free speech issue, it actually risks the law school's accreditation. It says that explicitly in ABA standards that they have to follow the First Amendment jurisprudence. So the fact that they're not doing that, and they have explicitly refused to do that, actually is crazy."
Campbell University School of Law removed flyers posted by student Justin Booker following conservative activist Charlie Kirk's death. The flyers displayed Kirk's image with the message "End Political Violence." School administrators cited a policy against "personal messages" as justification, though Booker could not locate this rule. After appealing to a faculty committee and the dean, both upheld the removal and disciplinary warning. Booker escalated the matter by involving the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), which argues the school's actions violate First Amendment principles and ABA accreditation standards requiring compliance with free speech jurisprudence.
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