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Civil Litigation,
Government

Jan. 26, 2018

In unusual move, Sessions weighs in on UC Berkeley free speech lawsuit

The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday filed a motion weighing in on a lawsuit filed by the Berkeley College Republicans and another conservative group against University of California President Janet Napolitano arguing that its rules on allowing certain speakers on campus are unconstitutional.

In unusual move, Sessions weighs in on UC Berkeley free speech lawsuit
Counter-protesters with the group BAMN (By Any Mean Necessary) are blocked by police during a brief appearance at a rally by right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos at the University of California in Berkeley, Sept. 24, 2017.

SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday weighed in on a lawsuit filed by the Berkeley College Republicans and another conservative group against University of California President Janet Napolitano arguing that its rules on allowing certain speakers on campus are unconstitutional.

In an unusual “statement of interest,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions sided with the plaintiffs, writing that they had “properly pleade...

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