At University of Michigan, discussions, threats of lawsuit as Spencer hopes to speak on campus
University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel says the school is having discussions with聽聽about allowing him to speak on campus.
Schlissel said there鈥檚 no guarantee Spencer will be allowed to use the campus if school officials cannot assure a reasonable amount of safety.
Spencer has been rebuffed by Texas A&M and , prompting safety concerns at schools around the country.
, threatened聽a lawsuit on Twitter聽if Spencer is not allowed to speak. Bristow gave the university until聽Dec. 8 to decide on whether to allow the speech or face court action.聽
Schlissel told a Board of Regents meeting late Tuesday that, while he rejects Spencer鈥檚 racist and anti-Semitic views, the University of Michigan is a public campus and not allowed to reject requests based solely on the content of the speech.
Cameron Padgett, a 29-year-old Georgia State University graduate student, has been attempting to book Spencer at campuses across the country.
Bristow, a self-proclaimed 鈥渁lt-right鈥� lawyer, has been threatening to sue schools that turn down the requests.
Spencer has been an unwelcome presence on many campuses after appearing at the violent rally in Charlottesville, where was run down and killed聽by a white supremacist, and Gainesville, where racists fired a gun at protestors.
