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The following is a cut-and-paste from a comment I made on another thread. I do not wish to spam, but the point I made is relevant to this discussion:

The question is whether the University has the right to expel them (from the University for which they have already gained admittance) solely on the basis of socially objectionable speech.

Could a University expel students for attending and chanting at a legally assembled Pro-life demonstration? A legal Pro-choice rally? A legal political rally for Democrats? A legal political rally for Republicans?

I'm sure you'll agree that the answer is "no" to all the above examples. But, you could find groups of students on a typical college campus who would find each of these to be socially objectionable.

"People don't like that" is not sufficient cause for the University to expel the students.

The question is whether the University has the right to expel them (from the University for which they have already gained admittance) solely on the basis of socially objectionable speech.

More to the point, would the university expel members of a black fraternity or political organization for chanting "kill whitey" slogans or distributing Black Panther literature? Almost certainly not. They'd be encouraged.