Although not directly affected, private schools today inevitably pick up trends established by the courts. The Court's decision is a direct victory for the political left. The students who brought the suit objected in particular to liberal, feminist and homosexual organizations that received student funding. Nevertheless, the decision is a victory for the political right as well. If the conservative students succeeded in blocking funds to the left, liberal campuses might have just as easily succeeded in defunding the right.
Conservative organizations face enough attacks without losing their share of activity fees.
Finally, the decision is a victory for student media. If organizations were required to abandon political positions in order to receive university funding, school newspapers, for example, would be unable to publish editorials or endorse political candidates. At the same time, the Court's decision leaves some contradictions and lingering questions about student activity fees and viewpoint neutrality. Tuition is supposed to cover the costs associated with education. On the other hand, if activity fees are just in the students' own interests then the fee should be solicited by the student government and not required by the university.