Courts Have Often Ruled Against the Use of Speech Codes

question 11

Multiple Choice

Courts have often ruled against the use of speech codes at colleges and universities because the codes were found to be

• A) too permissive regarding offensive comments made in the classroom and thus ineffective.
• B) so narrow that they didn't prohibit any forms of speech and thus were ineffective.
• C) too vague to be useful and so broad that they identified obviously protected speech
• As banned speech.
• D) beyond the authority of college administrators.

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