'PC' codes incorrect, courts say; 'political correctness' faces the judicial ax

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The federal courts have held university codes of conduct forbidding bigoted speech to be overbroad. The courts have generally ruled enforcement of these codes to be First Amendment violations. Law schools have handled offensive speech incidents more informally than undergradute institutions, resolving disputes through discourse rather than the courts. While the US Supreme Court has not addressed campus conduct codes, the court's rulings in other freedom of speech decisions indicate a desire to protect freedom of speech, even if offensive. Some universities have modified their conduct codes in light of these court decisions.

Universities and colleges, Social policy, Political correctness

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Cover art sparks Berkeley row; was it sexist or misunderstood?

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The cover of the April/May issue of National Jurist magazine sparked a furor at the U of CA Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), with a photo of a woman apparently clad only in heaps of money. The nationally circulated magazine stirred some discomfort and complaints elsewhere, but at Boalt Hall it led to a letter-writing campaign and a First Amendment debate after the school's dean formally complained. NJ editors say the photo referred to a picture of singer Bette Midler lying in roses, but that few readers got the joke.

United States, Political activity, Freedom of speech, Law students, Mass media, Sexism, Sexism in mass media, University of California (Berkeley). Boalt Hall School of Law

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