Christian colleges fight lawsuit designed to strip their students of financial aid
Students stand to lose all federal tuition assistance because their schools follow Christian views Monday, Apr 12, 2021 EUGENE, Ore. – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing three Christian post-secondary schools asked a federal district court Friday to allow them to intervene against a lawsuit that seeks to strip all students at private religious colleges of federal financial aid […]
6th Circuit upholds First Amendment rights of Shawnee State professor
ADF attorneys represent philosophy professor punished for declining to speak message contrary to his beliefs Friday, Mar 26, 2021 CINCINNATI – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit ruled Friday in favor of Dr. Nicholas Meriwether, a philosophy professor at Shawnee State University, reversing a district court’s dismissal of his lawsuit against university officials. The university […]
Supreme Court: Govt officials must be held accountable when violating constitutional rights
ADF attorneys represent former Georgia Gwinnett College student prevented from engaging in free speech on campus Monday, Mar 8, 2021 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court held Monday in Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski that government officials must be held accountable when they violate constitutionally protected freedoms. Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys represent Chike Uzuegbunam, who was prevented from sharing his faith on […]
Student group seeks to defend US Dept. of Ed. free speech protections
ADF attorneys represent Ratio Christi, which opposes attempt to kill rule that requires public colleges, universities to abide by First Amendment Thursday, Feb 18, 2021 WASHINGTON – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing Christian student organization Ratio Christi filed a motion in federal court Thursday to intervene in defense of a U.S. Department of Education regulation which requires all […]
What Happened When a Speech Professor Bullied a Student Because of His Beliefs
By Sarah Kramer posted on: August 12, 2020 When California voters passed Proposition 8, amending the state’s constitution to define marriage as between one man and one woman, not everyone was happy about it. At that time, Jonathan Lopez was a student at Los Angeles City College. The day after the Proposition 8 vote, Jonathan’s speech professor […]
An Angry Mob Shuts Down Conservative Event at Binghamton University
By Alliance Defending Freedom posted on: July 22, 2020 By: Jenna Mohrmann, Media Communications Intern Sadly, it is becoming far too common for university students to have their ideas censored on college campuses. The First Amendment guarantees everyone freedom of speech. This applies to public college campuses, but often, university officials don’t respect that freedom. This happened […]
Free Speech Protected at Wisconsin University Because of One Student’s Bravery
By Alliance Defending Freedom posted on: July 20, 2020 By: Cameron Cortman, Summer Office Assistant Because of the First Amendment, students shouldn’t have to worry about being able to speak freely on their college campuses. However, in many instances, students are limited to “speech zones” or threatened by school administration when they engage in free speech. Rising-sophmore […]
WATCH: What’s Happening to Free Speech on College Campuses?
By Maureen Collins posted on: July 16, 2020 Is free speech worth protecting? Our Founding Fathers protected this right in the First Amendment of our Constitution because they knew that the free expression of thought is a vital part of a free society. And if certain viewpoints are censored, it is a recipe for tyranny. But this past […]
Supreme Court to Hear Case of College Students Silenced from Sharing the Gospel
By Sarah Kramer posted on: July 15, 2020 Chike Uzuegbunam graduated from college, but he hasn’t been able to fully move on. For more than three years now, Chike has been involved in a lawsuit against his alma mater, Georgia Gwinnett College. And, now, the U.S. Supreme Court has a chance to give him the justice he […]
Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to take a case filed by Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys on behalf of two former college students seeking to vindicate their constitutionally protected freedoms. ADF attorneys representing the two filed the lawsuit, Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski, to challenge Georgia Gwinnett College’s speech zone and speech code policies. After the lawsuit began, the college amended its speech zone policy and eliminated its speech code but did nothing to rectify its mistreatment of the students.