Student’s Right to Free Speech Is Not Unlimited in Case Involving College Football Game

By John E. Tyrrell and Sarah Polacek On September 30, 2021, a United States District Court addressed the limitations on the First Amendment protections of a student’s rights to free speech at a school-sponsored event in Sasser v. Bd. of Regents, No. 1:20-cv-4022-SDG, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 188703 (N.D. Ga. Sept. 30, 2021). Judge Steven D. Grimberg ultimately dismissed the Plaintiff student’s Amended Complaint which alleged violations of his First Amendment rights. On September 29, 2018,