"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 several months in the George Mason Law Review.
I wanted to serialize a draft of it here, and I'd love to hear people's feedback. 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.
One of the problems with the Fairness Doctrine is likely to also arise with viewpoint diversity requirements.
Viewpoint diversity requirements may have a chilling effect on controversial faculty speech.
Author's summary: Exploring viewpoint diversity and its implications.