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Texas student groups sue to block new state law limiting campus protests and free speech

The federal lawsuit argues that the Republican-backed state law is an unconstitutional ban on a ‘staggering amount’ of protected speech.

A coalition of Texas university student groups has sued to overturn a new state law designed to limit campus protests, calling the legislation an unconstitutional ban on a “staggering amount” of protected speech.   The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) filed the suit Wednesday in Austin federal court on behalf of the student groups. […]

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