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In the context of governments like the US morality must be based on citizens having the ability to consent to political authority Otherwise that authority is coercive and illegitimate Benhabib 94

Seyla Benhabib 94 Eugene Mayer Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at Yale University and director of the program in Ethics Politics and Economics and a well-known contemporary philosopher Deliberative Rationality and Models of Democratic Legitimacy Constellations Volume I No 1994 Published by Blackwell Publishers

I define democraticfor being informed

Most importantly this requires the right to speak freely Only by securing the right to free speech can the government be democratic Eberle Law @ Roger Williams 94
(Wake Forest LR Winter)
The Court's decisionbe vigilantly investigated

And the right to speak out is valuable in itself Dwyer 01
Susan Dwyer philosophy at University of Maryland 2001 (httpwwwumbceduphilosophydwyerpapersfreespeechhtml)
Direct Nonconsequentialism Letstrengthen (protect) it everywhere

Therefore my value criterion is respecting democratic deliberation This means that the judge should vote for which side best promotes discussion and dialogue at universities 

Our central thesis for this debate is that universities are a place for learning and that restrictions on free speech limit student dissent and make it an undemocratic environment Only by allowing free and open discussion can democracy work 

Advantage 1  Free press
My first contention is about freedom of the press  right now restrictions on free speech are loading up on college campuses This is a damaging precedent for student newspapers Schuman 128
(Rebecca httpwwwslatecomarticleslifeeducation201612studentjournalistsareunderthreathtml)
Well heres somecensorship is acceptable

This justifies wide spread censorship in a diverse array of cases  Its not just about the press  its about the way the administration justifies a choke hold on student activities  Lukianoff 05
(George Samantha Harris Foundation for Individual Rights in Education 2005 WL 2736313 (US) (Appellate Petition Motion and Filing) Supreme Court of the United States Margaret L HOSTY et al Petitioners v Patricia CARTER Respondent No 05-377 October 19 2005 On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Brief Amici Curiae of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education The Coalition for Student  Academic Rights Feminists for Free Expression The First Amendment Project IfeministsNet National Association of Scholars Accuracy in Academia Leadership Institute The Individual Rights Foundation The American Council of Trustees and Alumni and Students for Academic Freedom in Support of Petitioners)
Commentators from acrossit is lost20

Moreover censorship is the most important impact for student freedom It makes students bad reporters and activists later on in their life Free press is the most important version of free speech Sanders 06
Chris Sanders Jd Censorship 101 Anti-Hazelwood Laws and the Preservation of Free Speech at Colleges and Universities 58 Ala L Rev 159 2006

More significantly foran earlier time

Censorship of college journalism guts civic engagement LoMonte 12-1
(Frank D httpwwwsplcorgarticle201612college-media-threats-report-2016)
Frank D LoMonte executive directoralways be guaranteed

Civic engagement is the vital internal link to solving every existential problem Small 06
(Jonathan former Americorps VISTA for the Human Services Coalition  Moving Forward The Journal for Civic Commitment  Spring httpwwwmcmaricopaeduotherengagementJournalIssue7Smalljsp)
What will bedo just that

Advantage 2  state control
My second contention is that instances of censorship will get misapplied This debate comes down to who you want making decisions for you If the government makes those decisions they will always make decisions on behalf of the powerful not the powerless Majeed BA 09
Majeed Azhar "Defying the Constitution The Rise Persistence and Prevalence of Campus Speech Codes" Georgetown Journal of Law  Public Policy 72 (2009) CC
B Impact on Campusideas on campus138

Additionally restrictions on speech send the wrong message  college in particular is a time where students need to learn how to be activists before anything else They should not have their words controlled by the state Majeed BA 09
Majeed Azhar "Defying the Constitution The Rise Persistence and Prevalence of Campus Speech Codes" Georgetown Journal of Law  Public Policy 72 (2009) CC

2 Suppression of Disfavoredthe college environment

Restrictions of speech automatically shut out some views from the start which is undemocratic because it fosters dogmatism where neither side has to listen to the other
Kozinski 9th circuit judge 10
(Alex RODRIGUEZ v MARICOPA CO COMM COLLEGE httpcdnca9uscourtsgovdatastoreopinions2010052008-16073pdf)
 Plaintiffs no doubtdistinctly unpleasant terms Adamian v Jacobsen 523 F2d 929 934 (9th Cir 1975)

And counter speech is an effective form of speaking out and empowering students Theres no harm to free speech Calleros 95
Charles R Calleros Paternalism Counterspeech and Campus Hate-Speech Codes A Reply to Delgado and Yun 27 ARIZ ST LJ 1249 (1995) CC

Speech as ansuch partisan speech 72

Finally independently we need to preserve free speech Every major civil rights movement is built on it There is no liberty without free speech Strossen Former President of the ACLU 00
Strossen Nadine "Incitement to hatred Should there be a limit" S Ill ULJ 25 (2000) 243 CC
C A Robust Freedomon both scores62