College and district settle with three students after the college removed, banned their anti-communist posters.
A federal judge ordered a California community college on Aug. 2 not to enforce a poster policy that was used against three students whose anti-communist posters were taken down.
U.S. District Judge Jennifer Thurston found that the poster policy of Fresno-based Clovis Community College violated the students' First Amendment and 14th Amendment rights.
The new order also applies to the State Center Community College District, the state district where the college is located.
The circuit court also said it rejected an argument by Clovis that because the college later "Rescinded the original Flyer Policy," the court was deprived of the legal authority to hear the case.
FIRE attorney Daniel Ortner told The Epoch Times the judge's new ruling was an "Enormous victory for over 50,000 community college students in California and for the First Amendment."
"The court determined that a few words in the prior Clovis Community College flyer posting procedure needed to be changed. In response, SCCCD updated its policy to apply to all campuses," they told The Epoch Times by email.
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