Summary
Florida State University administrators and student senate officials repeatedly failed to address unconstitutional retaliation against student Jack Denton, the president of the FSU Student Senate, for sharing his personal religious beliefs in private text conversations with other students. Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys sent a letter and then filed a lawsuit after the school failed to address the unconstitutional violation of Denton’s First Amendment freedoms.
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June 23rd, 2021FL Gov. DeSantis signs bill to prevent unconstitutional delays when universities violate student free speech -
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May 26th, 2021Catholic student's freedom of speech vindicated, prompts end to lawsuit -
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October 26th, 2020FSU reinstates Student Senate president, acknowledges First Amendment violations -
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October 9th, 2020Court: FSU wrong to remove student from senate president position over his Catholic beliefs -
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September 1st, 2020FSU student sues school, student govt for punishing him for privately sharing his Catholic convictions
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July 22nd, 2020FSU student appeals student govt. decision punishing him for privately sharing Catholic convictions
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Tyson Langhofer
Senior Counsel, Director of Center for Academic Freedom
Tyson Langhofer serves as senior counsel and director of the Center for Academic Freedom with Alliance Defending Freedom.