Summary
In 2016, Georgia Gwinnett College officials stopped student Chike Uzuegbunam not once, but twice, from peacefully sharing his Christian faith with fellow students on his college campus. First, officials said he had to get advance permission to use one of two tiny speech zones that made up far less than 1% of the campus and were only open 10% of the week. Despite following these policies, Chike was again prevented from speaking. After ADF challenged the unconstitutional policies, Georgia Gwinnett argued that Chike’s speech should receive no constitutional protection, changed its policy, and claimed it should be able to avoid any penalty for violating Chike’s free speech rights. Two courts agreed, but the Supreme Court decided to hear Chike’s case and ruled in his favor.
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June 22nd, 2022US Supreme Court gave Chike Uzuegbunam his first victory, now he wins it all in long overdue settlement -
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December 23rd, 2021Victory again for Chike: Court ruling keeps govt officials accountable -
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March 8th, 2021US Supreme Court: Govt officials must be held accountable when violating constitutional rights -
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March 8th, 2021Supreme Court: Govt officials must be held accountable when violating constitutional rights
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January 12th, 2021Oral arguments completed at US Supreme Court in pivotal case on govt accountability -
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September 30th, 2020Broad support at US Supreme Court for holding govt officials accountable when they violate rights
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September 22nd, 2020Former GA students urge Supreme Court to hold govt officials accountable when they violate rights
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July 9th, 2020US Supreme Court takes case of college students denied justice by lower courts -
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March 6th, 2020Atheists, Jews, Muslims, Catholics file support at US Supreme Court for student free speech rights
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January 31st, 2020ADF to Supreme Court: Students deserve justice in free speech suit against Georgia college
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June 25th, 2018Not so fast: ADF appeals case against Ga. college, argues students’ free speech suit isn’t moot -
December 21st, 2016Georgia college sued for censoring student speech, restricting it to 0.0015% of campus
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Adam Liptak: A College’s ‘Free Speech Areas’ Face Supreme Court Review (The New York Times, 2020-08-17)
John Bursch: Supreme Court to decide if constitutional rights are only valuable when a price tag is on them (Washington Times, 2020-07-15)
Matt Lamb: New Supreme Court case could make it easier for students to defend free-speech rights (The College Fix, 2020-07-14)
Travis C. Barham: Georgia College Remains Unchastened For Saying Handing Out Pamphlets Is ‘Disorderly Conduct’ (The Federalist, 2020-04-27)
Chike Uzuegbunam: Atheists, Jews, Muslims, Catholics all asking Supreme Court to defend rights my college violated (Daily Wire, 2020-04-07)
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