On Wednesday, the Court issued a ruling that had very large consequences for public colleges and universities, deciding unanimously that these institutions can use money from mandatory student-activities fees to finance campus groups to which some students object. The case stemmed from a lawsuit filed by three "conservative Christian" law students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who wished to withhold their student fees from 18 of the 125 student groups subsidized by the university. This ruling does not apply to private universities, as the First Amendment only protects speech from government restrictions. Users can read the full text of the Syllabi (head notes), Opinions, and Dissent/ Concurrence for this case in HTML and .pdf format at the Cornell University Legal Information Institute Supreme Court Collection site.
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