The U.S. Supreme Court will take up a dispute between a former Georgia Gwinnett College student and campus administrators over Christian evangelism on campus. On Thursday, the Supreme Court agreed to hear a case filed by, Chike Uzuegbunam, who previously sued the educational institution after his attempts to preach the gospel on campus were shut down twice. 
 
According to the Alliance Defending Freedom, two federal courts looked the other way and chose not to examine whether or not the college infringed on the First Amendment rights of the students “because officials modified their unconstitutional speech policies after the case was filed.” The student appealed to the Supreme Court, arguing that nominal damages are an important basis for pursuing civil rights claims, and that government agencies often change policies that have been challenged even after some plaintiffs have suffered constitutional violations.
 
The court will decide whether a government agency's change to an allegedly unconstitutional policy is enough to make a lawsuit challenging that policy moot when the plaintiff seeks only nominal damages.

News Sources: