protected association
Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.
The term “protected association” means the joining, assembling, and residing with others that is protected under the first and 14th amendments to the Constitution, or would be protected if the institution of higher education involved were subject to those amendments.
Source
- 1998–present20 U.S.C. § 1011AEducation · Protection of student speech and association rights · for the purposes of this section