Trump signs executive order on free speech on college campuses

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85. Perhaps this expert might clear up your misunderstanding of what I stated...

For instance, a public university does not have to permit a White Supremacist Group to rally on campus.

I gave an example of a university that believeed the rally was a deliberate attempt to intimidate students of color, which is prohibited harassment of a protected class, of which race is one.

Just as restrictions on who may purchase firearms is not a violation of the second amendment, restrictions on where, when and how speech is expressed don't violate the first amendment. Or yelling "fire" in a crowded theatre can indeed be prohibited without violating free speech....

Of course, free speech is not absolute and can be punished when it incites illegal activity, constitutes a “true threat” that causes a person to fear imminent harm to his or her physical safety, or rises to the level of prohibited harassment.

This does not mean that campuses are powerless in the face of disruptive or hateful speech. Even though there is a First Amendment right to speak, that does not mean that protesters have the right to demonstrate in the middle of a freeway at rush hour. A campus surely could prohibit a large demonstration in a classroom building while classes are in session. Campuses can regulate when and where speech takes place in order to prevent disruption of school activities. Controversial speakers can be placed in auditoriums where it is easier to assure safety and prevent disruptions. Demonstrations can be placed in areas away from where classes are in session.

https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/10/25/16524832/campus-free-speech-first-amendment-protest

Is that clearer?

You do know that the experts that you cited have decided they will no longer defend the 'speech' of anyone who marches with weapons, for reasons related to the bolded text above, after Charlottesville.