Pro-life student group’s lawsuit prompts systemwide policy change at nation’s largest university
ADF attorneys represent Students for Life at Cal State–San Marcos SAN DIEGO – A federal lawsuit against California State University–San Marcos came to an end Tuesday after the university agreed to revise student fee policies and pay more than $240,000 in the wake of a federal court’s ruling last summer that found those policies unconstitutionally discriminated […]
ADF to Supreme Court: Students deserve justice in free speech suit against Georgia college
Students deserve justice in free speech suit against Georgia college Petition asks high court to weigh in on outlier 11th Circuit view that makes govt officials unaccountable for unconstitutional actions WASHINGTON – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing two former students at Georgia Gwinnett College asked the U.S. Supreme Court Friday to hear their case and […]
Montclair State sued over unconstitutional speech policy, arbitrary favoritism toward student groups
ADF represents campus chapter of Young Americans for Liberty NEWARK, N.J. – A student and a student group represented by Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed a federal lawsuit against Montclair State University officials Wednesday after they forced students to stop peaceful, expressive activity without a permit. The lawsuit also challenges the university’s Bias Education Response […]
Victory: Previously censored, student pro-life club holds first event of 2020
ADF represents students at Gulf Coast High School in Florida Wednesday, January 15, 2020 NAPLES, Fla. – Students participating in a pro-life club held their first official event of 2020 on Monday afternoon, after their high school initially refused to recognize it as an official club because it was deemed too “controversial.” In November, Alliance Defending […]
Montana high school revokes student club’s official status because of religious beliefs
ADF represents students in letter to Bozeman High School, explains school’s violation of Constitution, federal law BOZEMAN, Mont. – Alliance Defending Freedom sent a letter last week to officials with Bozeman Public School District and Bozeman High School after they unlawfully revoked the Fellowship of Christian Athletes’ status as a school-sponsored club. The letter explains that […]
Doe v. Boyertown Area School District
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court declined Tuesday to take up an important case involving a Pennsylvania school district that disregarded its students’ bodily privacy rights when it opened its high school locker rooms and restrooms to students of the opposite sex based on those students’ beliefs about their gender—and without informing students or parents of […]
Title IX complaint againt Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights Wednesday granted the request of three teen track athletes to investigate their allegations of illegal discrimination. Ever since the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference adopted a policy that allows biological males who claim a female identity to compete in girls’ athletic events, boys have consistently deprived Selina Soule […]
Florida high school won’t accept pro-life student club
NAPLES, Fla. – Alliance Defending Freedom sent a letter Thursday to officials with Collier County Public Schools and Gulf Coast High School after they refused to officially recognize a pro-life club because it is too “political” and “controversial.” The letter explains that the refusal to recognize Sharks 4 Life, which would be an independent student group affiliated with […]
Student: Arkansas State shouldn’t be let off the hook for free speech violation
JONESBORO, Ark. – A student and student organization appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit Thursday after a federal district court ruling provided no consequences for Arkansas State University officials for their violation of student free speech rights under the First Amendment. Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys represent the student, Ashlyn Hoggard, and the campus […]
Meriwether v. The Trustees of Shawnee State University
The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Travis Barham regarding a federal magistrate judge’s recommendation to a district court that it dismiss a professor’s lawsuit against Shawnee State University for forcing him to speak contrary to his beliefs: “Dr. Nicholas Meriwether remains committed to serving all students with respect, but he cannot express all messages or […]