A federal judge is preventing the University of Texas System from enforcing a new state law that restricts when students can engage in "expressive activities" on campus.

Several student groups at UT Austin and UT Dallas filed a lawsuit against the schools' respective presidents, the UT Board of Regents and UT System Chancellor Dr. John Zerwas, over the law in September.

The law bars students from engaging in "expressive activities" between the hours of 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. and from using devices that amplify sound during the last two weeks of a given semester — reversing a state law passed in 2019 that expanded free speech protections on public university campuses.

Judge David Alan Ezra of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas said the lawsuit is likely to succeed

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