As I have said many times before, college administrators have an easy job when it comes to freedom of speech. They are simply there to facilitate a free and open marketplace of ideas while remaining viewpoint neutral on major controversies of the day, which includes the issue of abortion. Regrettably, universities opt to facilitate advocacy of ideas through the mechanism of mandatory student activity fees, which wildly increase the size of the university bureaucracy. Fortunately, the Supreme Court has stated unequivocally that the university can collect such fees only if they proactively ensure that the funds are allocated in a viewpoint-neutral manner.
Back in 2017, California State University-San Marcos (CSU-SM) decided to use mandatory student activity fees in a way that produces patently unconstitutional outcomes: Students were compelled to subsidize speech with which they disagree but then denied the right to use a portion of the fees to promote a contrary viewpoint.
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