UC Berkeley settles First Amendment lawsuit with Young Americans for Liberty

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The University of California, Berkeley, has revised its Registered Student Organization in response to a lawsuit from Young Americans for Liberty, a libertarian student group which argued its First Amendment right to freedom of association had been violated.

As part of a settlement, UC Berkeley has agreed to make revisions to its policy that prohibit discrimination against student organizations based on their mission statements, purpose statements, uniqueness statements, and other viewpoints expressed in their application to become a registered student organization.

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