At least there’s somebody fighting for free speech on college campuses. FIRE, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, has recently announced that it has filed lawsuits against four universities whose campus policies violate the First Amendment.

Jace Gregory has the story at Accuracy in Academia.

FIRE Files Four Lawsuits

FIRE announced support today for students who filed suit against Citrus College in California, Iowa State University, Chicago State University, and Ohio University for various First Amendment grievances and two lawsuits against Modesto Junior College in California and University of Hawaii at Hilo have already been coordinated.

The specific details of each case vary, but most of them are clearly First Amendment violations. For example, the lawsuit against Modesto Junior College in California was filed after a security guard and a staffer told a student that he couldn’t pass out copies of the Constitution on Constitution Day 2013. The College settled the lawsuit for $50,000 and made policy revisions.

In a press conference today, Lukianoff explained that colleges and universities are not enclaves where the First Amendment is to be set aside. Students also expressed their frustrations with the extreme censorship they have experienced on their campuses,and said that with this announcement, they hope that more students will come forward to challenge speech codes at their schools.