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9th Circuit Court of Appeals Hands a Free Speech Victory to Conservative College Students in Clovis

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A Federal Court is handing a group of conservative college students a major free speech victory.  

Young Americans for Freedom sued Clovis Community College after officials there removed fliers that expressed the group’s anti-communist sentiments.  

The school cited its flyer policy which prohibits inappropriate or offensive language.  

A district court ruled in October that the campus policy had a chilling effect on free speech. The school appealed to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and a Federal Judge sided with the lower court’s opinion.