The Latest Breaking News from UT Austin

As I've noted before, public universities have considerable authority to impose content-neutral rules on demonstrations, for instance prohibiting overnight campouts, restricting sound amplification, and so on. But of course the First Amendment requires such rules to be content-neutral (or, in "limited public forums" on campuses, at least viewpoint-neutral). And even…

Dozens of people were arrested in Austin, while sit ins and demonstrations elsewhere happened mostly unobstructed. School officials say it’s because campus rules were broken.

Protesters at UT Austin asked to leave South Mall at 10 p.m. No arrests made. No curfew on campus.

Protests at UT Austin and other universities lead to arrests and campus closures due to rule violations and disruptions.