Look Out, University GCs, White Supremacists May Want to Speak on Your Campus
When a white supremacist wants to come to campus, there's sure to be controversy. But many general counsel don't seem interested in talking about it.
August 17, 2017 at 07:14 PM
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Public university general counsel beware—white supremacist Richard Spencer, who led the Charlottesville, Virginia, rally that ended in violence last weekend, may soon try to speak in a campus building near you. But GCs seem reluctant to talk about this problem in public.
Calls to 11 offices of general counsel across the country Thursday elicited not one response about the free speech issue. Yet, the problem appears to be growing.
Michigan State University announced Wednesday that it is trying to decide how to handle a request from Spencer's group, the National Policy Institute, to rent a room for a speech on its campus in East Lansing. Calls to MSU general counsel Robert Noto were referred to the communications department, which did not immediately return messages.
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