"Viewpoint Diversity" Requirements as a New Fairness Doctrine: Chilling Effect on Controversial Faculty Speech

"Viewpoint Diversity" Requirements as a New Fairness Doctrine: Chilling Effect on Controversial Faculty Speech

I have an article titled "Viewpoint Diversity" Requirements as a New Fairness Doctrine forthcoming in the George Mason Law Review, and I wanted to serialize a draft of it here.

The material below omits the footnotes; if you want to see the footnotes—or read the whole draft at once—you can read this PDF.

The opening sections draw the Fairness Doctrine / viewpoint diversity requirements analogy, and a section explains how one of the problems with the Fairness Doctrine is likely to also arise with viewpoint diversity requirements.

One of the problems with the Fairness Doctrine is likely to also arise with viewpoint diversity requirements.

Author's summary: Exploring viewpoint diversity requirements impact.

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