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- Dec 28, 2014
The university policy explicitly says "fliers of a political or nonprofit nature" and forbids their distribution outside the designated area of the university mall.The law on peddling/soliciting applies to selling goods or services, so wouldn't apply to him. I think his activity would probably violate the university's rule against fundraising though, unless he got permission.
People often confuse things that are customary with things to which they are legally entitled. There are small public universities contained in a single building that completely exclude the public by requiring keycard access. There is simply no room in such a space for random public access. People also confuse a space being publicly accessible with it being a space where political speech is allowed to the general public. Go into a Post Office and start ranting about LaRouche and see how long you stay in there.This doesn’t address the argument about whether “public colleges” have to allow anyone into their grounds.
Anyway we've gone far afield.
tl;dr as it relates to Russ specifically. He'll be allowed to pass out his tard pamphlets in the university mall. If he goes outside it and does the same, they may remove him. If he violates other university policies or harasses women specifically, he'll be removed and they'll ban him from campus. If he shows up after that, there's a good chance of him being arrested.