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Multiple groups ask US Supreme Court to take case to rein in immunity for lawbreaking govt officials
WASHINGTON – Multiple groups have filed friend-of-the-court briefs encouraging the U.S. Supreme Court to take an Arkansas State University student’s case against university officials. Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing the student, Ashlyn Hoggard, are seeking reversal of a lower court ruling that allowed university officials to escape consequences for their violation of her free speech rights under the First Amendment. Although the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit ruled that ASU officials violated Hoggard’s constitutionally protected freedoms, it said that the ...- ADF attorneys represent former Georgia Gwinnett College student prevented from engaging in free speech on campus
- The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom General Counsel Kristen Waggoner regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Monday in Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski that affirmed that government officials must be held accountable when they violate constitutionally protected freedoms: “The Supreme Court has rightly affirmed that government officials should be held accountable for the injuries they cause. When public officials violate constitutional rights, it causes serious harm to the victims. Groups representing diverse ideological viewpoints supported our clients because the ...
- ADF represents student at Harrison High School
- ADF attorneys represent Chike Uzuegbunam
- ADF attorneys represent Chemeketa Community College Students for Life club prevented from speaking, providing resources to students in need
- New policy means students can’t be singled out for expressing their beliefs
- ADF represents students at Bozeman High School
- The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Zack Pruitt regarding the Ohio House’s passage Wednesday of the Forming Open and Robust University Minds Act, a bill designed to ensure that a college or university that receives state funding may not ban students from engaging in expressive activity in the public, open areas of campus, so long as the student’s conduct is lawful and does not disrupt the functioning of the school:“Public colleges and universities are meant to be free and open to the exchange of ideas—a place where our future teachers, lawyers ...
- Idaho’s Fairness in Women’s Sports Act receives backing of female athletes, medical experts, feminists, federal govt, 14 states