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Tyson Langhofer, Director and Senior Counsel
Langhofer has a long history with ADF of represented college students and student organizations throughout the country in defending their freedom of speech, freedom of association, and free exercise of religion. In Young Americas’s Foundation v. Covino, he successfully represented YAF, Ben Shapiro, and California State University-Los Angeles students in a lawsuit against university administrators for violations of their First Amendment rights—when they allowed a mob of professors and students to physically block students from attending Shapiro’s scheduled speech on the campus.

Why a Supreme Court Ruling on Union Dues Could Be Good News for College Students

Tyson Langhofer
On top of tuition, public universities require students to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars per semester in student activity fees. These fees are used to fund the expressive activities of students and student organizations.

Investigating Speech: When the Process Becomes the Punishment

Tyson Langhofer
What do these two statements have in common? Merely uttering these ideas caused a Georgetown student group and a Boise State professor to spend weeks justifying their existence on campus – the supposed marketplace of ideas.
While both were ultimately vindicated last week, the process was the punishment, and it shows the poor state of free speech on our campuses

How students can become #FreedomWoke as they head back to campus

Tyson Langhofer
It’s that time of year again. Review your school’s speech policies and understand how your school might be regularly violating your rights.