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Judge Forces Auburn University To Allow White Nationalist To Speak on Campus

Elliott Hamilton

A federal judge in Alabama ordered Auburn University, a public university, to allow white supremacist and Nazi sympathizer Richard Spencer to speak on campus yesterday.

After the university initially canceled the event due to “security concerns,” Spencer filed a complaint with the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, claiming that the university violated the First Amendment of the Constitution guaranteeing his right to free speech.

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