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A Quick Fix:
Speech Codes on College Campuses
Beginning in the 1980's and going strong into the early 90's, speech codes on college campuses restricted the radical words that initiated protests by students, faculty, and staff members. Limitations defined by college administrators controlled the context and content of what its affiliates could say freely in the jurisdiction of the campus. In spite of this, outraged students demanded that their First Amendment rights be protected and took their colleges' speech codes to the court room. Although Federal Courts felt that speech codes were based on good intentions, the plaintiff's always brought home the gold. Speech codes were deemed unconstitutional under the ordinance that they were either "vague" or "overbroad" (as cited in Hudson Jr., 2005). Speech codes were quick fixes to a deeper problem; college administrators were putting a band-aid on a wound that needed stitches.
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