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As I've noted before, public universities have considerable authority to impose content-neutral rules on demonstrations, for instance prohibiting overnight campouts, restricting sound amplification, and so on. But of course the First Amendment requires such rules to be content-neutral (or, in "limited public forums" on campuses, at least viewpoint-neutral). And even…

University of Southern California campus vandalized by group linked to illegal camping. Tommy Trojan statue defaced with 'Say No to Genocide'. University c...

Columbia University in negotiations with anti-Israel protesters post-deadline. NYPD can't enter campus without authorization. Encampment remains on main lawn.

Hundreds of students have been arrested for participating in pro-Palestinian protests in recent days. And some schools, like Columbia and GW, have given them deadlines to dismantle their encampments.

Columbia University administrators are negotiating with pro-Palestinian protesters occupying a campus lawn.

President Jay Hartzell defended the response but faculty criticized the presence of armed state troopers. Fifty-seven people were arrested.

US House Speaker is heckled at Ivy League Columbia University in New York, while a university in California shut its campus for the rest of the week

The University of Southern California canceled its main commencement ceremony after dozens of campus arrests. Meanwhile, students at several schools around the country set up solidarity encampments.

Arrests were made at both schools. The LAPD said it would continue patrolling USC's campus into Thursday, while Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the protestors at UT-Austin belong in jail.