Texas lawmakers trying to muzzle campus protests have just passed one of the most ridiculous anti-speech laws in the country, as Freedom of the Press Foundation senior adviser Caitlin Vogus explains in the Houston Chronicle.
A new bill, SB 2972, would require public universities in Texas to adopt policies prohibiting “engaging in expressive activities on campus between the hours of 10 p.m. and 8 a.m.” Expressive activity includes “any speech or expressive conduct” protected by the First Amendment or Texas Constitution.
As Vogus writes, Governor Greg Abbott “should veto this unconstitutional and absurd bill before Texas has to waste taxpayers’ money defending it. And Texans should find some time — preferably at night — to exercise their First Amendment right to question the competence of the legislators who wrote or supported this bill.”
