Public universities are allowed to maintain some restrictions, including in instances where there might be harm to another person.
The law enforcement response to Wednesday's pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Texas at Austin drew criticism from faculty, who said it was an overreaction to a peaceful demonstration. University leaders, meanwhile, have defended their actions, saying on Thursday that prior events have taken place without incident since the start of the Israel - Hamas war.
Pro-Palestine protesters at UT Austin arrested by Texas state troopers. School threatens disciplinary action What are the state laws about protesting on college campuses? Here’s what we know: Free speech on campuses The Texas Legislature in 2019 passed Senate Bill 18, which standardized state laws about free speech measures on college campuses.
Students at these Texas universities are organizing protests. Here's why The other set of rules are known as 'time, place and manner' restrictions, he said. University leaders may issue guidelines restricting when and how public protests occur on campus. Such rules can vary from campus to campus, and would be subject to a reasonableness test.
Austin faculty condemn police response, arrests during pro-Palestine student protest About 200 protestors gathered outside the Gregory Gymnasium just before noon and marched down a main campus walkway. Many were chanting “free Palestine” and “Palestine will be free.
Gov. Abbott directs Texas universities to crack down on antisemitism, discipline pro-Palestine groups The protests come after Hamas launched a deadly attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing around 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and taking around 250 hostages, according to an Associated Press report. In the war that has followed, Israel has killed more than 34,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, according to the local health ministry.
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