Nice early Christmas present:
“After being intimidated and distressed by JCJC staff and campus police, Brown stopped using his First Amendment rights on campus for fear of “disciplinary action, removal from campus, or arrest.” Subsequently, Brown and YAL filed suit against JCJC.”
JCJC filed a Motion to Dismiss Brown’s lawsuit for lack of standing and appreciable damages. The DOJ stated that regardless of if the case proceeds, JCJC “has a freestanding obligation to comply with the First Amendment.”
The DOJ’s Statement of Interest concluded with a not-so-subtle piece of advice; “JCJC need not— and should not— wait for a court with jurisdiction to steamroll it into compliance. It should comply voluntarily with the First Amendment, and—and soon.”
“YAL President Cliff Maloney praised the DOJ’s action by saying, “The Response from the Department of Justice and Education should be an encouraging sign for defenders of free speech – a sign that the American people’s patience with censorship on college campuses is running thin. The only permission slip anyone should need to speak on campus is the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.”
Been wondering why the DOJ hasn’t gone to these colleges sooner with all the Anifta and other groups attacking pro-trump, pro-republican, pro-life students.