UAH settles lawsuit, drops ‘speech zones’

By Will Blakeley, 1819news.com

The Alabama Center for Law and Liberty (ACLL) and the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) reached a settlement on Tuesday in a lawsuit against the University of Alabama Huntsville (UAH) over the university’s speech policy, which it has now agreed to reverse.

The ADF sued UAH in 2021 on behalf of the UAH chapter of Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) and UAH YAL president Joshua Greer. The lawsuit is in response to a UAH speech policy that limits most student speech to small “speech zones” and requires that students obtain permits to speak on campus three business days in advance.

According to the lawsuit, UAH’s policy violated the Alabama Constitution and statutory law in the state. The lawsuit also claims that UAH’s permit policy allows university administrators to pick and choose which views are allowed on campus.

After settling the lawsuit with the ADF and ACLL, UAH officials agree to eliminate the “speech zones” and stop requiring students to obtain a permit to speak on campus.

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