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. Second, a problem arises if universities are seen as nothing more than forums for the exchange of ideas. There are times when a club's views are sufficiently offensive to warrant defunding. Some cases are clear-cut, but other cases might not be. For example, a group recently circulated a newsletter at Emory contemplating the idea of Southern secession from the United States.