The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Mathew Hoffmann regarding a petition ADF attorneys filed Thursday asking the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit to review E.D. v. Noblesville School District, a case in which an Indiana high school student and her pro-life student organization sued school officials for derecognizing the group because the student sought permission to post flyers that administrators found objectionable:
“Students don’t lose their First Amendment right to free speech when they walk into a school building. This isn’t just about a flyer; this is about a school telling a high-school student that she can’t publicly express pro-life messages that are important to her. While other student groups at the school can express their messages, this club was specifically punished because the messages on the flyers were pro-life. The appellate court panel’s decision conflicts with U.S. Supreme Court precedent by giving school officials broad powers to restrict student speech. We are urging the full court to uphold the free speech rights of all students, not just those who agree with the school’s preferred messages.”
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