Blog Post 1.6 - "Free Speech Week"

1. Conservatives might actually want to change minds, but it is more likely that they want to challenge a site that they see as intolerant of conservative viewpoints and provoke disruptions that will discredit their opposition.
2. The first reaction should be, "Sure, in principle. But we have to think about some things before we can sign off on this." Those things cannot be based on the content of the demonstration or speech.
3. Officials cannot ask people to move, reschedule, or cancel an event based on what the demonstrators are going to say. 
4. Schools have to give a "reasonable" alternative location if they deny the original request, but there is no real definition for reasonable. Demonstrators will probably think the alternative is worse, but the organization will say it is a reasonable alternative, which will create conflict. Courts can decide what is reasonable.
5. The speaking groups may have to pay for extra security fees, like police overtime pay, if they can pay them, and if the costs are figured out by the organization or city in advance fairly, meaning they don't make it too expensive to demonstrate. 
6. If the group cannot pay, then the university has to eat the costs. 
7. Officials can arrest a speaker for "inciting imminent lawless action," but not threats of violence.
8. The crowd can shout down the speaker.
9. The police can intervene if there is violence, with the first action being arresting the lawbreakers. They can only shut down the whole event if they are overwhelmed by the violence, though. If the speaker resists, the police can arrest them as well as lawbreakers.