Arizona Outlaws College Campus Protest Encampments at Public Universities
“You still have the right to protest peacefully, but encampments do not have a legal right to be on campus”
This should be looked at by every state. These encampments diminish the learning environment for all students.
FOX News reports:
Swing state outlaws college protest encampments amid nationwide campus crackdown on anti-Israel agitators
Arizona lawmakers have outlawed encampments on public university campuses as protests continue to erupt at schools across the United States.
Democratic Arizona Gov. Kate Hobbs last week signed House Bill 2880, which bars people “from establishing or occupying an encampment on a university or community college campus.”
The law also requires school administrators to direct people who set up encampments to “immediately dismantle” them or vacate the campus. Those who set up encampments may be held liable for damages to campuses, and those who do not leave are subject to trespassing charges.
Law enforcement agencies “must enforce the prohibition on establishing or occupying an encampment,” the law states, and they have “the authority to remove an encampment and any individual or group from campus that has violated the prohibition and refused to comply with the direction to leave.”
Democratic Arizona State Rep. Alma Hernandez introduced the bill, saying in a statement when it passed the Education Committee in February that the legislation “is not about silencing anyone’s right to protest.”
“You still have the right to protest peacefully, but encampments do not have a legal right to be on campus,” Hernandez said at the time.
Hernandez added that the idea behind the legislation stemmed from the Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel when Hamas, a designated terrorist organization, killed 1,200 people and kidnapped hundreds of hostages from a music festival.
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Good. Maybe my alma mater Northern Arizona University will start to moderate back to what it was when I was there a few decades ago. We actually knew how to have very lively discussions in class without hating anyone afterwards.
Hobbs signed this? Amazing.
She had to sign SOMETHING. Her desk set was experiencing udder stress.
I doubt that it was ever legal. Those are also unsafe in the AZ heat.