>A recent graduate of St. Cloud State University in Minnesota is suing the university administration, alleging that she was forced to pay a fee that went to a liberal student activist group. >Tayah Lackie filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota in May, with assistance from the Liberty Justice Center and the Upper Midwest Law Center. >Lackie’s lawsuit contends that a mandatory fee going to a political agenda that she disagrees with violates the First Amendment because it compels speech. >>“A state school can’t make you pay a political group just to be enrolled,” Liberty Justice Center President Jacob Huebert said. >>“The Students United scheme violates students’ First Amendment rights, and we look forward to the courts saying so in our case.” >The lawsuit alleges that all students at St. Cloud State must pay “union dues” to a group called Students United, which “advocates for and takes positions on controversial policies and legislation, and which purports to speak on all students’ behalf.” . . [Archive](https://archive.today/WMDcH)