Come One, Come All into the Newsroom? Student Publications after Christian Legal Society v. Martinez
In: Journalism & mass communication quarterly: JMCQ, Band 90, Heft 2, S. 287-307
ISSN: 2161-430X
The Supreme Court's ruling in Christian Legal Society v. Martinez allows a public university to institute a "take-all-comers" nondiscrimination policy for student organizations. In doing do, the Court adds new perils and expands existing hazards for student publications. First, the Christian Legal Society majority overlooks the possibility that safeguards for the rights of student organizations generally may not adequately protect the unique interests of student publications. In addition, the ruling creates a misleading impression of the degree of deference courts owe the pedagogical judgments of public university administrators.