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University of Michigan Hit for Overcharging Pro-Life Group

By ADF Alliance Alert

LifeNews: Pro-life student groups should not be singled out to pay fees that others do not have to pay. The type of fee assessed to Students for Life has been repeatedly ruled unconstitutional,? said ADF Senior Counsel David French. ?A very basic and clear constitutional principle is that the government cannot place this sort of price tag on free speech simply because that speech might offend somebody.? The ADF letter explains: ?The Supreme Court has made clear that the government may not charge speakers for the security costs driven by listeners? response to that speech.?

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on February 17, 2011 (boomark / email).