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Old 06-05-2017, 04:19 PM  
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"The First Amendment's Free Speech protections apply only to violations by public entities, and since Harvard is a private university the First Amendment does not apply," she said. "These students have no right or entitlement to admission to Harvard, and as such it is Harvard's prerogative to decide that it will not welcome into its community these individuals who have demonstrated a willingness to violate Harvard's code of ethics and policies against hate speech," she said.

Amy Adler, a professor at New York University School of Law, said Harvard appeared to have been clear in their policy and the students were on notice as to what was acceptable.

"This seems to be a case where students exercised bad judgment and arguably Harvard may have rescinded their admission not on the content but on the students' poor judgment," she said.

Harvard Revokes Admission of Several Students for Posting ''Offensive'' Memes - NBC News
This is what I mean when I say *commercial free speech rules*

Nice to be a dirtball in the Porn business were you are expected to act crudely
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