When immigrants come to America, they expect more freedoms and more opportunities because the U.S. constitution (where rights are spelled out) is still strongly defended by law and tradition. You'd think that all citizens would be well aware of that. But no, the protection of these rights is sometimes tested.
Chike Uzuegbunam was born to parents who came to the U.S. from Nigeria. As a student at Georgia Gwinnett College in 2016, he would talk about his religious faith. He was told he could do that only in the "speech zone" which amounted to 0.0015% of the campus. He complied with the restriction, and then campus police threatened him with discipline if he continued.
He sued the college, and eventually the Supreme Court issued an opinion in his favor, with eight of the nine judges in agreement. Georgia Gwinnett College must honor the American right to speak freely, and their "offensive speech code" is not allowed to overturn it.
from Becket Law
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