Student group suing Macomb college over speech rights
A conservative nonprofit student group at Macomb Community College said the institution’s policy of requiring permission for public speech violates their First Amendment rights.
The Turning Point USA chapter is challenging the college’s “Policy on Expressive Activity” in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday at U.S. District Court in Detroit, according to Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing the organization. Turning Point USA, which has college chapters across the country, said it trains students to “promote the principles of freedom, free markets and limited government.”
The complaint follows an incident in April when members of the chapter, including one dressed in a T-Rex costume, claimed that college police told them they could not speak with other students, pass out literature or collect signatures on the Clinton Township campus because they did not have prior approval from administrators.
The group said three of its members were in an open area of the campus raising awareness about the value fossil fuels provide to society.
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