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Sep 29, 2026

USCA, Fifth Circuit Texas A&M Queer Empowerment Council v. Mahomes, Case No. 25-20108

Sep 29 · 6 Mentions

ColeGUEST

1:04

Thank you, Chief Judge Elrod, and may it please the court.

ColeGUEST

1:07

In Christian Legal Society versus Martinez, the Supreme Court explained that university administrative decisions regarding access to a campus forum are deemed reasonable and due decent respect by federal courts to the extent that they represent efforts to enforce university non-discrimination policies and state law proscriptions on discrimination.

ColeGUEST

1:31

At least when those access decisions are made within the context of a limited public forum and when they are viewpoint neutral.

ColeGUEST

1:42

That principle resolves both of these appeals and warrants affirmance of the university's decisions in each.

ColeGUEST

2:32

Now, the second issue before the court we'd submit is how to classify the forum.

ColeGUEST

2:36

Is it a limited public forum? Is it a designated public forum? Uh, we would submit that both the intent of the university and the nature of the forum at issue in these cases indicates that both Legacy Hall and Rudder Theater are limited public forums.

ColeGUEST

2:52

And that brings us to the third issue, the question whether under Christian Legal Society versus Martinez, uh, the access barriers to that particular forum, in these cases university theaters, uh, are reasonable and viewpoint neutral.

ColeGUEST

3:05

We would submit it's both, but let me pause for one moment on the reasonableness question.