Posted on 06/07/2016 6:25:58 AM PDT by milton23
North Carolina State University infringed on the free speech rights of a student-led Christian group, a federal judge has ruled.
Chief U.S. District Judge James C. Dever III, calling his action “in the public interest,” issued a preliminary injunction Saturday against NC State’s speech permit policy, saying it violates the students’ First Amendment right to freedom of speech.
“The judge pretty much granted the entire request that we asked for,” a lawyer for the students, Tyson Langhofer, told The Daily Signal. “Essentially, everything in the final order that we requested was granted.”
(Excerpt) Read more at dailysign.al ...
Sad we need a court order to speak.
The campus Nazis will not be happy.
“The campus Nazis will not be happy.”
I wonder which will become violent first...the Christian group, or the campus Nazis?
We still have to seek permission from the government before we can exercize our 2nd Amendment rights.
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Good news but overall bad that we have to ask permission from the courts to exercise our 1st Amendment rights.
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