@HarvestMoon1: The point I am inartfully trying to make is that nothing prevents CMC from applying its rule broadly under the theory that protests can cause events to cancel. Since cancelling events would “impede regular activities,” the terms of the policy would support CMC’s shutting down protest. There isn’t any limitation on what “impede” means or what “regular activities” are. Alternatively, CMC could always interpret its rule narrowly to find that speakers are not “regular activities” in the way that classes are, and therefore permit large scale demonstrations to force cancellations.
@HRSMom: I’m not really sure what “well settled law” you’re talking about here. CMC is a private institution to which the First Amendment does not apply. Even if it were a state institution, time, place, and manner restrictions are legal. Further, there’s no narrow tailoring requirement in CMC’s policy that I saw. Nothing says they have to pick the option that maximizes both the ability to have a speaker and the ability to protest.