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The University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA) has reversed a decision that forced a student organization to cancel an immigration debate in response to threatened protests after it could not pay a $15,000 security fee. After UCLA's Objectivist group was forced to pay the security fee or cancel the event, they turned to ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP¹ÙÍø for help, who wrote Acting Chancellor Norman Abrams to remind him that UCLA was legally bound to uphold the First Amendment, and that forcing a club to pay excessive security fees because of the threat of an unruly mob was also unconstitutional. As a result, UCLA changed its position, emphasizing in a letter to ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP¹ÙÍø that the Objectivist group could host the event without paying the security fee. The unconstitutional "heckler's veto" has been dealt another blow on college campuses.