Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System v. Southworth

For the second time in recent years we consider constitutional questions arising from a program designed to facilitate *221extracurricular student speech at a public university. Respondents are a group of students at the University of Wisconsin (hereinafter University). They brought a First Amendment challenge to a mandatory student activity fee imposed by petitioner Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and used in part by the University to support student organizations engaging in political or ideological speech. Respondents object to the speech and expression of some of the…