Constitutionality of Activity Fees in The United States
In the United States, the constitutionality of mandatory student activity fees has been adjudicated several times by the Supreme Court of the United States. Most recently, the court has ruled that public universities may subsidize campus speech by means of a mandatory student activity fee so long as fees are allocated to groups with viewpoint neutrality. See Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System v. Southworth 529 U.S. 217 (2000).
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