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Writer David Frum is a good guy, a former WH speech writer for W. But, being a Canadian, he may not be all that familiar with American jurisprudence these days.

The SFSU College Republicans will prevail in the end. Even if the university samctions them, those sanctions will be appealed to federal court and swiftly overturned.

That's Frum's sanguine expectation and it would only be just if such a scenario unfolded. However, this assumes at the least that the College Republicans have the financial wherewithall and access to legal savvy to pursue such litigation. Even in that event, the case would probably go to the infamous Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (known to Rush Limbaugh listeners as the "Ninth Circus") which has issued some very bizarre constitutional rulings in recent years. So legally overturning the expected adverse university ruling against the College Republicans would be both expensive and far from certain.

If only the deceased former SFSU president Hayikawa (sp?) would be in charge of that campus now, the College Republicans would be in much better shape!

"... being a Canadian, he may not be all that familiar with American jurisprudence these days."

Frum remains primarily Stateside based as indicated by his American Enterprise Institute "AEI" e-address above & on-going regular contributions to the National Review.

Plus, it's tough to question the perceptiveness of someone who apparently coined the term "axis of evil".

As for being Canadian, throughout history & as was the case in Roman times, citizens of countries beyond "great powers", for mostly pragmatic reasons, generally do have a better knowledge of their inner workings than their's have of the numerous lesser lands beyond their own borders.
(e.g. smart money says I know more about the magnificent U.S. Constitution than you do about Canada's horrid Charter)

As for the College Republicans lacking the deep pockets required to rightly pursue the matter, perhaps Frum is aware of them having some friends who do? If so, the 9th would only amount to an unfortunate & temporary stumbling block on the way to the higher Court in Washington.