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- ADF attorneys represent Young Americans for Liberty chapter
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 officials ...- 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 attorneys represent Chike Uzuegbunam
- Highly diverse array of groups file friend-of-the-court briefs in favor of two former Georgia Gwinnett College students
- ADF attorneys file opening brief with high court on behalf of two Georgia Gwinnett College graduates
- The following quote may be attributed to Alliance Defending Freedom Legal Counsel Chris Schandevel regarding the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit’s decision Monday in Turning Point USA at Arkansas State University v. Rhodes, which found that Arkansas State acted unconstitutionally when it stopped a student, Ashlyn Hoggard, from setting up a promotional table outside of the student union to recruit students for a new chapter of Turning Point USA: “Speech isn’t free when students have to ask permission before they can speak anywhere on campus. As the 8th Circuit rightly found, Arkansas ...
- ADF letters on behalf of Young Americans for Liberty results in additional policy changes, at schools in AL, MN, PA, SC
- ADF sending letters on behalf of Young Americans for Liberty to 30 US schools, two of which have already made revisions