Q&A for Richard Spencer 10/19 Event

They didn't invite him, he just rented the venue and then threatened a First Amendment lawsuit when they denied him.

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Why doesn’t UF make Spencer pay the full estimated $500,000 cost for security?

The application and assessment of security fees in the First Amendment context was litigated and decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1992.  The Court clarified that the government cannot assess a security fee on the speaker based upon the costs of controlling the reaction of potential hostile onlookers or protestors, under a legal doctrine called the “heckler’s veto.” As Justice Harry Blackmun wrote for the Court in that case (Forsyth County v. Nationalist Movement), “[s]peech cannot be financially burdened, any more than it can be punished or banned, simply because it might offend a hostile mob.” For UF, this means that Richard Spencer and his organization may not be made responsible for paying the costs of potential protestors, onlookers or members of the public outside of the speaking venue.  

Oh and the Governor declared a State of Emergency in order to get National Guard, etc., as per Christine Emba op-ed @ WaPo.