Non-profit Group Sues University of Houston for Restricting Free Speech

A woman stomps on a free speech sign at the University of California–Berkeley in Berkeley, Calif., on Sept. 24, 2017. Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.—A non-profit group filed a lawsuit on Feb. 23 against the University of Houston (UH) for a harassment policy they claim punishes free speech.

Speech First, a non-profit based in Washington, accused the Texas university of violating students’ First Amendment rights by “maintaining a policy” that holds students accountable via disciplinary actions for online and off-campus speech that the university maintains is the institution’s “standard of harassment.”