there are limits to "power to the people"

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Gallaudet's Loss - washingtonpost.com (editorial):

THE BOARD OF trustees at Gallaudet University certainly showed who was in charge when it voted to terminate Jane K. Fernandes's contract as president. Sadly, it wasn't the members of the board, who are supposed to serve the interests of the university. Nor, for that matter, were reason or right in evidence Sunday as the trustees ousted a woman they had recently judged to be the best person to lead the renowned school for the deaf. Instead, what triumphed was lawlessness and the principle that a university president should be chosen on the basis of popularity.

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I don't believe the students should be punished for their protests. However, I do think they should be suspended for closing down the school. They basically denied the students who didn't want to protest and wanted to attend classes the right to receive the education and attend the classes for which they had paid. They stole the non-protesting students education.

Their right to protest ends where the non-protesting students rights to attend classes begins.

This is no different than most of the states' laws regarding strikes and picketing which permit peaceful protests and picketing as long as it does not block access to businesses and services.

Protest, sure -- all you want. No penalty. Do it in a way that interferes with others rights -- big time penalty.