At Grambling State University, LA the editors of The Gramblinite have decided to cease publication out of fear that their advisers may be terminated. GSU’s provost, stating in a memo that the paper was being shut down until it improved its quality, based the decision on a recent Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals case Hosty v. Carter. The Student Press Law Center however argues that the case does not apply to Louisiana as part of the Fifth Circuit and there is ample precedent that public institutions cannot censor student newspapers as they are protected by the First Amendment. See also the recent post in Fire’s The Torch on the issue.
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