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Univ Of Hawaii Sued For Restricting Handout Of Constitution To ‘Free Speech Zone
University Of Hawaii Sued For Restricting Handout Of Constitution To ‘Free Speech Zone
Quote:Two students at the University of Hawaii at Hilo are suing the school over alleged First Amendment violations after they were told by a campus official that they couldn't approach fellow students to hand out copies of the Constitution.
Merritt Burch and Anthony Vizzone, members of the campus chapter of Young Americans for Liberty, filed the lawsuit Thursday in federal court, alleging that administrators violated their constitutional rights by stopping group members from passing out copies of the document during an outdoor event in January where student organizations had set up tables to distribute literature.
The students are being represented by Davis Wright Tremaine, the law firm that recently helped a student who was blocked last year from handing out copies of the Constitution win a $50,000 settlement against Modesto Junior College in California.
"So far this academic year, students have twice been prohibited from distributing the Constitution on a public campus, less than four months apart. That is absolutely unacceptable,” said Greg Lukianoff, president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, which is assisting with the lawsuit.
According to the complaint, an administrator told Burch and Vizzone that if they wanted to protest the school's policy, they could do so in the college's “free speech zone,” described by FIRE as a one-third acre area on the edge of campus.
The "free speech zone" at UH Hilo represents less than one percent of the college's total area and is muddy and prone to flooding, according to a FIRE news release.
The lawsuit also challenges a separate policy that reportedly requires students to request permission seven working days prior to engaging in "expressive activity" in two designated areas located in the central part of campus.
“The First Amendment is not optional at public colleges—it’s the law. Enforcing restrictive ‘free speech zone’ policies that prevent students from passing out copies of the Constitution is impossible to justify," Lukianoff said in a statement.
(This post was last modified: 04-25-2014 08:12 AM by SumOfAllFears.)
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RE: Univ Of Hawaii Sued For Restricting Handout Of Constitution To ‘Free Speech Zone
(04-25-2014 08:10 AM)SumOfAllFears Wrote: University Of Hawaii Sued For Restricting Handout Of Constitution To ‘Free Speech Zone
Quote:Two students at the University of Hawaii at Hilo are suing the school over alleged First Amendment violations after they were told by a campus official that they couldn't approach fellow students to hand out copies of the Constitution.
Merritt Burch and Anthony Vizzone, members of the campus chapter of Young Americans for Liberty, filed the lawsuit Thursday in federal court, alleging that administrators violated their constitutional rights by stopping group members from passing out copies of the document during an outdoor event in January where student organizations had set up tables to distribute literature.
The students are being represented by Davis Wright Tremaine, the law firm that recently helped a student who was blocked last year from handing out copies of the Constitution win a $50,000 settlement against Modesto Junior College in California.
"So far this academic year, students have twice been prohibited from distributing the Constitution on a public campus, less than four months apart. That is absolutely unacceptable,” said Greg Lukianoff, president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, which is assisting with the lawsuit.
According to the complaint, an administrator told Burch and Vizzone that if they wanted to protest the school's policy, they could do so in the college's “free speech zone,” described by FIRE as a one-third acre area on the edge of campus.
The "free speech zone" at UH Hilo represents less than one percent of the college's total area and is muddy and prone to flooding, according to a FIRE news release.
The lawsuit also challenges a separate policy that reportedly requires students to request permission seven working days prior to engaging in "expressive activity" in two designated areas located in the central part of campus.
“The First Amendment is not optional at public colleges—it’s the law. Enforcing restrictive ‘free speech zone’ policies that prevent students from passing out copies of the Constitution is impossible to justify," Lukianoff said in a statement.
Does everyone get a recruitment mailing(non athletic) from UHawaii when they were getting ready to graduate high school? I got one and seems all my friends got one. Seemed like a cool idea at the time. I wonder how many people actually take them up on the offer?
(This post was last modified: 04-25-2014 08:39 AM by VA49er.)
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RE: Univ Of Hawaii Sued For Restricting Handout Of Constitution To ‘Free Speech Zone
Good, I hope they win... Another intolerant move by the "tolerant" liberal fuucks.
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RE: Univ Of Hawaii Sued For Restricting Handout Of Constitution To ‘Free Speech Zone
(04-25-2014 08:39 AM)VA49er Wrote: Does everyone get a recruitment mailing(non athletic) from UHawaii when they were getting ready to graduate high school? I got one and seems all my friends got one. Seemed like a cool idea at the time. I wonder how many people actually take them up on the offer?
I've competed twice at the University of Hawaii. Nice place for sure but it didn't have the traditional college campus feel. Too modern, but nice and contained. Fantastic Athletics facilities but getting a bit dated by now.
One interesting point - when I was there, the Athletics teams were full of Western Europeans. Probably not very hard to to recruit a fast Norwegian to Honolulu.
There were not a ton of main-landers there from what I remember though certainly I wasn't checking in on people's state of residence. I also met a lot of Alaskans because apparently there was a a direct flight from Anchorage to Honolulu and there was reciprocal state tuitions.
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RE: Univ Of Hawaii Sued For Restricting Handout Of Constitution To ‘Free Speech Zone
Free Speech Zone? WTF? Isn't the "Free Speech Zone" the entire effing country?
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RE: Univ Of Hawaii Sued For Restricting Handout Of Constitution To ‘Free Speech Zone
(04-25-2014 09:33 AM)moe24 Wrote: Free Speech Zone? WTF? Isn't the "Free Speech Zone" the entire effing country?
You'd think that was the case, wouldn't you?
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RE: Univ Of Hawaii Sued For Restricting Handout Of Constitution To ‘Free Speech Zone
Isn't it odd that free speech zones don't apply when conservative speakers are being shouted down by liberal students? Aint that the time when college big shots smile and say that's free speech at work?
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RE: Univ Of Hawaii Sued For Restricting Handout Of Constitution To ‘Free Speech Zone
When someone can get in trouble for handing out copies of the Constitution? We have some serious problems.
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RE: Univ Of Hawaii Sued For Restricting Handout Of Constitution To ‘Free Speech Zone
(04-27-2014 08:50 AM)Fo Shizzle Wrote: When someone can get in trouble for handing out copies of the Constitution? We have some serious problems.
What has led to US college campuses becoming the bastions of liberalism, socialism and communism that they are today?
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RE: Univ Of Hawaii Sued For Restricting Handout Of Constitution To ‘Free Speech Zone
(04-27-2014 12:54 PM)SumOfAllFears Wrote: (04-27-2014 08:50 AM)Fo Shizzle Wrote: When someone can get in trouble for handing out copies of the Constitution? We have some serious problems.
What has led to US college campuses becoming the bastions of liberalism, socialism and communism that they are today?
Liberal, socialist and communist professors and administrators.
Lest I forget "cowards" like the president of Dartmouth.
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