Two students at Tarrant County College in Fort Worth have sued the school claiming that the college violated their first amendment rights. The incident started when the students wanted to pass out pamphlets and fliers concerning a campus ban on concealed weapons, and were told that they could only do so at an information table designated by the school. At the same time, the students were also warned that they could not wear empty holsters as a form of protest to the new ban.
Represented by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education and the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, the students were at least able to get a temporary restraining order that would allow them to protest the ban without restrictions being placed on the demonstration. The case is scheduled to go to court on November 16th, 2009. Unlike the famous Hazelwood case, were it was determined that the school had the authority and the right to censor information because the school publication was not a public forum; Tarrant County College is in fact a public forum, and may potentially lose the suit on the basis of view-point discrimination. For further information, the article can be viewed at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/07/us/07brfs-COURTBACKSPR_BRF.html
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