Ten Muslim students convicted of disrupting a speech by the Israeli ambassador at UC Irvine last year filed appeals Wednesday, arguing that the law used to convict them was vague and unconstitutional.
The students, three from UC Riverside and seven from UCI, were convicted last month of willfully disrupting a meeting.
In February 2010, the students shouted preplanned phrases to disrupt a speech on U.S.-Israeli relations on campus by Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren.
Prosecutors said the students broke the law by planning the disruptions, and in turn, censoring Oren. Defense attorneys said the students had the right to dissent.
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