U. of Maryland brings disciplinary charges against its students for challenging Lynne Cheney on gay marriage and slave reparations: Two of the students said they have been accused of "disorderly or disruptive conduct," under a university policy designed to protect the rights of speakers from being shouted off stage or drowned out by contentious audience members. The students said that they weren't disrupting Cheney's speech -- that they were just asking questions... "What the university officials appear to have done appears not only to be in violation of their own speech code, but also of the First Amendment," said Susan Goering, executive director of Maryland's ACLU. "All of these guys were just speaking out of turn." This case would be a great opportunity for David Horowitz and his ilk to demonstrate a genuine concern for academic freedom in the academy. Don't hold your breath.