“Much as I hate to say it, I {gulp} agree with the ACLU on this one.”
No, they are wrong.
It is not about suppression of “free speech” or suppression of political advocacy - no one is preventing Lenox from doing his political advocacy - but, a college campus, your shopping mall, an office or office building is not treated the same as the public square, they are given the status of private property and as such those who own/control that property are given leeway, in first amendment considerations, to reasonable rules regarding activities that take place on the property and mostly that the rules are applied equally. Unless someone demonstrates that the rules being applied to Lenox have not been required of others or are not being applied in equal fashion, I doubt the ACLU position will be upheld. Maybe, they are just looking for some GOP support.
Well, as the article indicates, the college administration had no problem with video taping on campus until Mr. Lennox came along.