In Keyishian v. Board of Regents, the Supreme Court said laws can cast a "pall of orthodoxy" over classrooms if national security requires it.

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False. In Keyishian v. Board of Regents (1967), the Supreme Court struck down New York's loyalty oath law, ruling that "academic freedom is a special concern of the First Amendment, which does not tolerate laws that cast a pall of orthodoxy over the classroom"—with no national security exception. The Court said vague terms like "seditious" and "treasonous" can't define prohibited speech. Harry Keyishian and other SUNY Buffalo faculty refused to certify they weren't Communists. Judge Young cited Keyishian in his AAUP v. Rubio ruling to show the First Amendment protects academic freedom even when government claims security justifications. This matters because it prevents officials from using "national security" as a blank check to silence dissent.

In Keyishian v. Board of Regents, the Supreme Court said laws can cast a "pall of orthodoxy" over classrooms if national security requires it.

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