College That Restricted Campus Speech Liable for Damages Even After Policy Ends, Supreme Court Hears

College That Restricted Campus Speech Liable for Damages Even After Policy Ends, Supreme Court Hears
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on March 17, 2020. Tom Brenner/Reuters
Matthew Vadum
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The Supreme Court was urged to allow a First Amendment lawsuit from former students in which a Georgia college belatedly expanded free speech on campus after Christian students ran afoul of its constitutionally suspect campus “speech zone” policy.

The court heard oral arguments in the case known as Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski. The hearing lasted 92 minutes, exceeding the scheduled 60 minutes. The Trump administration weighed in on behalf of the petitioners, former students at the college.