ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - While a ton of headlines across the country has been centered on the coverage of Donald Trump's Hush Money trial, a different topic has ravaged across the country.
For over the past week, many college campuses across the country, including Washington University in St. Louis, has seen protests of the Israel-Hamas War by many college students, staffers and other.
Many arrests having been made by police, and potential charges being filed against protestors still a lingering scenario.
But what rights do protestors have and where is the line between protestors and colleges with some colleges have been more lenient of the protests than others?
"Finding that line is incredibly difficult," said KMOX Legal Analyst Brad Young, Partner with Harris, Dowell, Fisher and Young. "Here is the crux of the issue: you have two different rights that are seemingly at odds. First you have the right of free speech. Secondly, the Supreme Court has place Time, Manner and Place restrictions on First Amendment rights and that has been in effect since 1965, where the Court held the freedom of speech can be regulated on time, place, and manner."
During his appearance on Total Information A.M. Wednesday, Young says there is legitimate scenarios that see one group like could see harsher charges by prosecutors than say college students protestor
"Students have a permissive right, but this is all private property even if it's a public or private university, it's still private property," said Young. "If students have a right to be on the property, their rights to exercise free speech is greater than say people who are just joining off the streets."
"Yes they'll be differentiations between whether people can protest on campus or not based upon whether or not they have the right to be on that particular campus."
