Federal Court Orders California College to Drop Censorship Policy

College and district settle with three students after the college removed, banned their anti-communist posters.

(L–R) Students Daniel Flores, Alejandro Flores, and Juliette Colunga hold flyers. Courtesy of Alvarez Photography Studio

A federal judge ordered a California community college on Aug. 2 not to enforce a poster policy that was used against three students whose anti-communist posters were taken down.

U.S. District Judge Jennifer Thurston found that the poster policy of Fresno-based Clovis Community College violated the students’ First Amendment and 14th Amendment rights.