As hundreds of students descended upon McKeldin Mall today in protest of the elimination of the assistant provost for equity and diversity’s office, two Texas community college students are protesting for their right to protest.
Tarrant County College District, located in Fort Worth, Texas, places tight restrictions where students can stage protests, but Clayton Smith and John Schwertz Jr., two students at the university, are challenging the rules on the grounds of the First Amendment. They have filed a federal lawsuit against the college in Dallas.
The two students plan to hold a local incarnation of a national protests against weapons-bans on college campuses, but the university’s rules would confine the students’ demonstration to limited area and prohibit them from wearing symbolic empty holsters.