Judge Says U. of Wisconsin Does Not Have to Give Student-Fee Money to Conservative Group

In a ruling released on Wednesday, a federal judge said he would not force the University of Wisconsin at Madison to award money from mandatory student fees to a conservative student group called Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow, the Wisconsin State Journal reported. The group, known as CFACT, sued in 2009, saying the university had veered from a policy of awarding funds on a ?viewpoint neutral? basis when it denied the conservative organization?s request, while at the same time awarding funds to the Wisconsin Public Interest Research Group. CFACT argued that the two groups were essentially identical, but that WISPIRG was politically liberal while CFACT was politically conservative.