US Supreme Court Shock - Free Speech Supported.

 

John Stonestreet. Breakpoint.

When Chike Uzuegbunam, a student at Georgia Giwnnett College,

 became

 a Christian, he wanted to share his faith with his fellow students.

But college administrators told him he could only talk about Jesus 

in one of the school’s tiny “free speech zones.” Chike complied, but 

campus police still ordered him to stop.

So, Chike enlisted the Alliance Defending Freedom and filed suit. College 

officials rescinded the restriction, claiming “no harm no foul.” A court 

dismissed the

 lawsuit.

But on Monday the Supreme Court decided by 8-1 that Chike could seek

 nominal damages. As ADF general counsel Kristin Waggoner noted, officials

 at public

 institutions “shouldn’t get a free pass for violating constitutional rights

 on 

campus or anywhere else . . . [and then] face no consequences, it leaves 

victims without recourse, undermines . . . constitutional rights, and 

emboldens the government to engage in future violations.

This Message from the Supreme Court to universities is crystal clear.

 It’s a message they need to be clear about. Free speech is not to

 be squelched.